Press Releases
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Following EPA’s Roll Out of First Standards on Power Plant Carbon Pollution, the American Lung Association’s Red Carriage Rolls to Capitol Hill to Fight For Clean Air
March 28, 2012 - – More than 100 doctors, nurses, clean air advocates and American Lung Association staff and volunteers from across the country gathered today on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demonstrate their support for clean air protections. For more than a year now, the Lung Association has been fighting against attempts in Congress to weaken clean air protections, and today’s events come in the midst of heightened attention to this issue. -
American Lung Association Honors Congresswoman Capps
March 28, 2012 - The American Lung Association presents Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) with its Lung Health Champion Award for her leadership and heroic work to protect the lung health of all Americans. -
American Lung Association Applauds Obama Administration’s Power Plant Carbon Pollution Standards Proposal
March 27, 2012 - The American Lung Association responds to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to establish the first national power plant carbon pollution standards that will dramatically improve public health. -
American Lung Association Commemorates Two Years of Achievements from the Affordable Care Act
March 22, 2012 - The American Lung Association is celebrating the second anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is an important milestone as it marks when our nation began to focus on preventing and managing diseases rather than just treating them. -
New Poll Shows the Public Wants EPA to Do More to Reduce Air Pollution
March 21, 2012 - The American Lung Association releases results of its new, nationwide bipartisan survey that examines public views of the Clean Air Act and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to update and enforce lifesaving clean air standards, including carbon and mercury emissions from power plants. -
American Lung Association Releases New Air Quality Poll Results
March 20, 2012 - American Lung Association experts available to discuss the results of its new, nationwide bipartisan survey that examines public views of the Clean Air Act and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to update and enforce lifesaving clean air standards, including carbon and mercury emissions from power plants. -
Medical & Health Groups File Suit to Protect Limits on Mercury, Air Toxic Pollution
March 16, 2012 - Today five professional medical societies and public health groups took legal action to support public health safeguards that reduce mercury and toxic air pollution from power plants. These groups filed a motion to intervene in support of the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which set long-overdue limits on the emissions of hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants. -
American Lung Association Heralds CDC’s “Tips from Former Smokers” Media Campaign
March 15, 2012 - The American Lung Association applauds the CDC for its "Tips from Former Smokers" media campaign, as well as the individuals profiled for publicly sharing their tragic health experiences from smoking. This powerful campaign will have a significant impact on reducing tobacco use. -
Proposed Indiana Secondhand Smoke Bill an Unhealthy Compromise
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States Can Cut Youth Tobacco Use in Half in Six Years
March 8, 2012 - The 31st Surgeon General’s Report underscores that if states invest in comprehensive programs today, youth tobacco use can be cut in half in just six years.
