2009 Press Releases
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Reconsider the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone
September 16, 2009 - Today the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, announced that the Agency will embark on a formal review of the national air quality standard for ozone, a decision that offers the opportunity to finally protect the health of millions of Americans from the most widespread and one of the most dangerous air pollutants. -
American Lung Association’s Faces of Influenza Campaign Stresses the Importance of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
September 15, 2009 - The American Lung Association is intensifying its seasonal influenza public education initiative to urge families to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The Faces of Influenza campaign aims to ensure Americans get immunized against seasonal influenza, which each year causes an estimated 36,000 deaths and over 226,000 hospitalizations from the virus and its related complications. -
American Lung Association Study to be Designated as an Editor’s Choice Article in Next Edition of the “Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology”
September 7, 2009 - The American Lung Association’s Asthma Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) completed the largest and most comprehensive study to evaluate placebo effects in patients with asthma. -
American Lung Association Mourns the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy
August 26, 2009 -
American Lung Association Praises FDA’s Establishment of New Center for Tobacco Products
August 19, 2009 -
American Lung Association Supports Food and Drug Administration Finding that E-Cigarettes are Harmful and Contain Carcinogens
July 22, 2009 -
American Lung Association Supports Department of Housing and Urban Development Recommendation on Non-Smoking Policies in Public Housing
July 20, 2009 -
American Lung Association Supports Pentagon Health Official’s Push for a Tobacco-Free Military
July 13, 2009 -
President Obama Signs Bill Granting the U.S. FDA Regulatory Control Over Tobacco Products
June 22, 2009 -
Thousands of Federal Workers Now Protected from Secondhand Smoke Exposure
June 19, 2009
