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SAINT PAUL, Minn., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report issued by the American Lung Association shows that Hispanics with asthma are less likely to have the regular medical care, medications, and access to specialists than white non-Hispanics have. "Luchando por el Aire: The Burden of Asthma on Hispanics" is the latest of a series of American Lung Association reports on disparities in the treatment of lung disease in specific communities. A link to the complete report is...
American Lung Association Issues New Report in its Disparities in Lung Health Series LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association released a new report today, Luchando por el Aire: The Burden of Asthma on Hispanics, which provides an overview of the complex biological, environmental, political and cultural factors that increase asthma's burden on the Hispanic population in Los Angeles and across the country. The report is part of the Lung...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association released a new report today, Luchando por el Aire: The Burden of Asthma on Hispanics, which provides an overview of research on the complex biological, environmental, political and cultural factors that increase asthma's burden on the Hispanic/Latino population in this country. This report is part of the Lung Association's Disparities in Lung Health Series. The Spanish title is the best translation of...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi and her mother, Carole Yamaguchi, are leading mothers across the U.S. in a national public awareness campaign solely aimed at increasing alarmingly low influenza immunization rates among families. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/51916-yamaguchi-moms-initiative-to-boost-family-influenza-vaccination-rates Now that the Centers for Disease...
The American Lung Association in California's Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing releases results from a new statewide survey about tobacco policies in the retail environment. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California voters overwhelmingly support more regulation of tobacco products and greater enforcement of laws against the sales of tobacco products to minors, according to a public opinion survey conducted by the American Lung Association in...
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association has released a television advertisement today in an effort to thwart Congressional attempts to weaken the Clean Air Act. This effort is part of the Lung Association's Healthy Air Campaign to preserve the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to implement and enforce this forty-year-old landmark public health law. The provocative new ad focuses on the devastating effects of air pollution and its...
The American Lung Association in California's Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing releases a new report on campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures by tobacco interests. SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tobacco interests spent a total of $9.3 million on campaign contributions and lobbying in California during the 2009-2010 election cycle and have spent nearly $100 million over the last decade, according to a new report by the Center for Tobacco...
SAINT PAUL, Minn., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forget the flashy prototypes, concept vehicles, or "clean fuels of the future" that exist only in the laboratory or on the cover of Popular Mechanics - a free lecture offered by the American Lung Association in Minnesota focuses instead on alternative fuels and vehicles that are available here in Minnesota, right now. The lecture will be held on Wednesday, July 20, from 6:30 - 8 p.m. in the Mississippi Room in the American Lung...
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association heralds the announcement today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its final rule requiring graphic health warning labels on all cigarette packages and advertisements. At long last, starting in the fall of 2012, these large, graphic warning labels will appear on the top 50 percent of the front and back of all cigarette packs - replacing the 25 year-old warnings that are ineffective and hidden...
Amendment Would Cripple Efforts to Protect Kids from Tobacco Statement of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association and American Lung Association WASHINGTON, June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected an amendment offered to an appropriations bill by U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) that would have given a $392 million gift to the tobacco industry and crippled efforts to...
