Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

ACS CAN has been actively engaged for well-over a decade to eliminate smoking in restaurants, bars and work places in Texas. Our most recent smoke-free campaign victory took place in Port Lavaca, Texas,a gulf coast community whose city council recently passed a bill which prohibits smoking or vaping inside all

More than 9,000 Pennsylvania kids become daily smokers every year and one-third of them will die prematurely as a result. Pennsylvania leaders, struggling to end a budget impasse, can save lives and generate important new revenue with a significant increase of at least $1.00 – our coalition supports a $1.60-per-pack hike – in the state’s cigarette tax.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement recently finalized by the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries includes language preventing the tobacco industry from using the agreement to sue those countries that implement tobacco prevention policies. This is the first time tobacco has been carved out in a trade

For the past several weeks, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been cracking down on the tobacco industry. In late August, the agency sent letters to three brands, including American Spirit, to stop using words and phrases in their advertising that would give the impression that their products are

Save Lives California For Immediate Release October 7, 2015 Contact: Mike Roth, 916-444-7170 Save Lives California Files 2016 Cigarette Tax Initiative $2 per pack tax will fund research for cures to cancer, fight teen smoking Sacramento, CA – Today, the Save Lives California coalition, joined by