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Big Tobacco tally: $23 million and counting
April 06, 2012

Obituary: Tony Najera was a smooth dancer, lobbyist
December 18, 2011

AM Alert: Tobacco tax proponents gear up June ballot campaign
February 01, 2012

The Buzz: Lance Armstrong's foundation to drop $1.5 million into California's tobacco tax ballot measure
February 16, 2012

Capitol Alert: Lance Armstrong's foundation to give $1.5 million to tobacco tax
February 15, 2012

Editorial: Smoke shops, schools are not a healthy mix
November 25, 2011

American Lung Association Videos

Rhode Island's Air is Getting Cleaner
April 30, 2012 | WNAC FOX 64 Providence

Alarming results in air quality study
April 26, 2012 | WFXT FOX 25 Boston, MA

AIR QUALITY REPORT | Rosch | WED 04/25/12/4PM
April 26, 2012 | KSNV Las Vegas

American Lung Association Wikipedia Information

The American Lung Association (ALA) is a non-profit organization that "fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health". It was founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis as the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Other names were ...

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State spars with EPA on air quality standards
May 08, 2012
May 8, 2012 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not protecting public health and has violated federal law by failing to review air quality standards,...

American Lung Association: Positive Air Quality Trends Continue, While Big Polluters and Congress Seek to Weaken Proven Clean Air Controls
April 25, 2012
Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2012)— The American Lung Association's State of the Air 2012 report released today finds that in America's most polluted cities, air...

Sacramento Air Is Getting Cleaner
April 25, 2012
The American Lung Association released the State of the Air 2012 today, an annual report on air quality which lists both the cleanest and most polluted areas in...

A Note to Big Tobacco: Proposition 29 Protects Our Children
April 20, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. April 19, 2012 - Taking a stand against Big Tobacco and the deadly campaign the companies wage against school-age children, teachers and...

Physicians Opposes Inhofe Bill Undermining Pollution Protections
April 03, 2012
CHICAGO, IL, April 2, 2012 - The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has joined the American Heart Association, the American Lung...

Dine for a Cause Tomorrow, March 21
March 20, 2012
Do you have plans for breakfast tomorrow? How about lunch? Dine at Café Connection on March 21 and 30 percent of proceeds will be donated to the American Lung...

Other local news reports

Earth Log: Clear the air on Central Coast
May 01, 2012 | FresnoBee.com: Local
This is the third and probably the last of my rants on the American Lung Association's bizarre ranking of San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles among the 10 worst ozone traps in the...

Grouped with Sacramento, Yuba City gets bad air rap
April 25, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Sutter County's air quality received an'' F'' grade this week from the American Lung Association in California. The association's annual State of the Air report lists Yuba...

American Lung Association says Yuba- Sutter up in smoke
January 19, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
An American Lung Association study of how well local governments control tobacco use gave both Sutter and Yuba counties grades of'' F,'' giving them poor marks for...

From around the web

John E. Anderson Sr., 72, Cumming
May 07, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association. Online condolences may be made at www.overtonfunerals.com. ...

Washoe County gets barely passing grade for air quality
April 26, 2012 | Latest news updates from RGJ.com
Washoe County air quality received a D from the American Lung Association in its latest State of the Air report, but California wildfires carry some of the blame. ...

Bay Area no longer among 25 most- polluted regions
April 26, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
The San Francisco metropolitan area has dropped off the list of the top 25 most polluted regions in the nation, the American Lung Association said in a report Wednesday. The...

Fish Bites: Ozzie No Excuse
April 14, 2012 | FishStripes
-Logan Morrison, who saw his father pass away as a result of severe lung cancer, has been tweeting asking for donations to the American Lung Association. -General manager...

900 people gather to climb stairs for American Lung Association fundraiser
March 04, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Around 900 people signed up this morning to climb 66 floors in three downtown buildings in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the American Lung Association. Special...

American Lung Association on twitter

	Breathe easy; American Lung Association hosts luncheon - Sun-Sentinel http://t.co/jlb2ZHrZ #cancer #health Twitter: @cancrdaily
	RT @massmutual: We are honored to be the recipient of the 2012 Health Air Ambassador Corporate Award from the American Lung Association http://t.co/vJOsZlaJ Twitter: @LungNE
	California Chapter of the American Lung Association offers a one-year fellowship 2 a student enrolled in a Nursing graduate program in CA. Twitter: @NP_org
	$20 Early Bird Registration ends today - American Lung Association in Utah Fight for Air 5K/Walk. Enter code FFARM... http://t.co/REBwvPWv Twitter: @U_F_A_N
	I'd love it if you would support me in the upcoming American Lung Association event. Having lost my grandfather to lun…http://t.co/KGqgSbNp Twitter: @dan_tharp
	I'd love it if you would support me in the upcoming American Lung Association event. Having lost my grandfather to lung cancer I have a per… Twitter: @dan_tharp

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July 27, 2011

NO on Prop 23: American Lung Assn (TV Ad :30)
October 13, 2010

American Lung Association Fundraiser
June 03, 2010

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