Updates matching "Oregon"

Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable deaths in Oregon, contributing to 7,000 deaths annually and costing taxpayers $3 billion a year in healthcare costs and lost productivity.

In Eugene ACS CAN hosted an event with a speaker lineup that included a county commissioner, the chair of the school board, a member of the state legislature, and the mayor of Eugene. Additionally, we had about a dozen community members show up to “take the pledge” to support tobacco

Local elected officials and community members take the pledge to support tobacco 21

ACS CAN California passes tobacco 21, Oregon urges law makers to follow suit

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Noe Baker 503-729-2919 [email protected] Bend City Council Endorses Raising the Tobacco Sales Age to 21 Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Policy to Protect Kids from Tobacco Bend, Ore. – April 21, 2016 – Last night, Bend City

7 kids a day start smoking in Oregon. Let's make that number zero. More than 135 cities nationwide, including Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Chicago, and Hawaii have raised the age of sale for tobacco products to 21. Sign our petition and tell your elected officials it's

ACS CAN urges Oregon to raise the age of sale of tobacco sales to 21

FOR INTERVIEWS, CONTACT Luis Rodriguez [email protected] Cell: 580-678-2256 Noe Baker

In 1998, 46 states, including Oregon, and the tobacco companies entered into a $221 billion settlement to compensate states for past and future smoking-related expenditures. Since then, Oregon has received over $1 billion in settlement funds which unfortunately have been used for things such as debt service and budget shortfalls.