Health Advocates Urge Lawmakers: Fund Programs to Reduce Tobacco Use in West Virginia
West Virginia Lawmakers Can and Must Do Better Now to Protect West Virginians' Health
Tracy Lytwyn
Sr. Specialist, Media Advocacy
Chicago
Cancer Advocates Urge Statewide 'Tobacco 21' Legislation
April 17, 2018
CANCER ADVOCATES URGE STATEWIDE ‘TOBACCO 21’ LEGISLATION – April 17, 2018 – American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteers Roger Crawford, of Washington, and Simona White, of Springfield, deliver more than 2,000 petitions to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Tuesday, April 17. Illinoisans who signed the petitions urged their lawmakers to increase the statewide minimum age for tobacco sales to 21 years old. Currently, three million Illinoisans live in communities that have “Tobacco 21” laws.
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