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Expose Big Tobacco Photo contest
We need your help in showing how Big Tobacco is marketing to kids and teens in your communities. So head out to stores in your neighborhood, take pictures of tobacco retail displays and other tobacco product advertisements and then share them with us on our Healthy Lungs on Facebook.
New Regulations for Oxygen Devices on Airplanes
On May 13, 2008, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a final rule regarding traveling on airlines with devices, including ventilators, respirators, continuous positive pressure (CPAP) machines and portable oxygen concentrators (POC). The rule, which has wide sweeping implications for travelers with lung diseases who require oxygen, will go into effect on May 13, 2009. The Department of Transportation says the one-year period is necessary for the airlines to implement these changes. Always check with your airline when booking travel to understand how and when these rules are being implemented.
State of the Air: 2008 -- Fight for Healthy Air
We just released our annual State of the Air: 2008 report, and the findings are alarming: One in 10 of us live in areas with unhealthful levels of all three types of pollution. And, even worse, the Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of weakening our clean air laws. It's time to fight for healthy air. Some of the biggest sources of pollution are the nation's old, dirty coal-fired power plants. Proposals in Congress would finally require the EPA to demand these old plants clean up - to stop spewing tons of deadly gases and particles into the air.
What's the State of Your Air?
When I found out that this year's report card reveals that that one in 10 people in the U.S. live in areas with unhealthy levels of all three types of pollution: ozone, short-term and year-round particle pollution, I immediately went online to check the levels in my own state to see how this affected me and my family.
> Improve COPD Legislation and Funding Opportunities
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a serious lung disease that, over time, makes it increasingly difficult to breathe. It is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States and causes serious, long-term disability. The number of people with COPD is increasing. More than 12 million people are currently diagnosed with COPD and an additional 12 million likely have the disease and don't even know it.TAKE ACTION: Your Help is Needed to Establish COPD Program at CDCTAKE ACTION: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Legislation is Needed for Millions of Americans
> World TB Day
Join the American Lung Association as we mark World TB Day. Initially founded to combat tuberculosis (TB) more than a century ago, the American Lung Association today is urging Congress to act decisively to finally eliminate TB in America. TAKE ACTION: Encourage the Congress and the President to Pass the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act
> Take Action: Now Is the Time for Congress to Pass FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products
On Wednesday, August 1st, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to send S. 625 – strong and effective legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products – to the full U.S. Senate for consideration. So far, over 50 Senators and almost 200 Representatives have cosponsored this legislation. Please take a minute to urge your Member of Congress and Senators to protect the public health and our kids from tobacco products by cosponsoring this bipartisan legislation.Take Action: Ask Congress to Pass FDA Regulation of Tobacco ProductsTell me more
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