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Do you have a personal story about how tobacco has impacted you or someone you love? Your lawmakers are overwhelmed with numbers and studies. What they need most are stories about people - real people in their own community or district.

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Alabama

Tell Alabama lawmakers to support smoke-free air

This year, secondhand smoke will cause nearly 42,000 deaths nation-wide among nonsmokers and an estimated 8,600 Alabamians will die from smoking-related illness.We need to protect Alabama workers from the dangers of secondhand smoke!

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Alabama Priorities

Protect the Right to Breathe Smoke-free Air

Promote Healthy Eating Active Living

Help Improve Quality of Life for Cancer Patients

Expand Funding for Screening Programs to Reduce Cancer in Alabama

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Alabama’s High Smoking Rates, including E-Cigarettes, and Other Tobacco-Related Concerns Discussed at Tobacco Advocacy Panel

April 5, 2019

Alabama

The Tobacco Advocacy Panel: A Call for Action was held at the RSA Plaza Terrance in Montgomery to discuss the recent spike in tobacco use driven largely by the increased use of e-cigarettes among Alabama’s youth and the evidenced-based policies needed to reverse this trend.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Recognizes Cancer Screening Week

December 7, 2018

Alabama

Governor Kay Ivey recognized the first week of December as Cancer Screening Week on Tuesday with a proclamation that encourages all Alabama citizens to discuss their individual risk factors for cancer with their healthcare providers and to educate themselves about cancer screening resources available to them.

Cancer Survivors Mark Great American Smokeout by Calling for Passage of Strong Tobacco Control Legislation

November 15, 2018

Alabama

Cancer patients and survivors marked the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 43 rd annual Great American Smokeout today by calling on state lawmakers to protect the health of Alabama residents by passing strong tobacco control legislation.