/PRNewswire/ The American Lung Association s 20th annual "State of Tobacco Control" report reveals significant progress in the work to end tobacco use, but.
LITTLE ROCK, AR | January 27, 2021
Today, the American Lung Association released the 19th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report, which highlights opportunities for Arkansas to reduce and prevent tobacco use, including e-cigarettes. This year’s report grades federal and state efforts to reduce tobacco use and calls for meaningful policies that will prevent and reduce tobacco use.
Even amid the pandemic, tobacco use remains a serious public health threat. Tobacco use is the nation’s leading cause of preventable death and disease, taking an estimated 480,000 lives every year. In addition to tobacco-related death and disease, smoking also increases the risk of the most severe impacts of COVID-19, making lung health more important than ever.
NEW ORLEANS, LA | January 27, 2021
Today, the American Lung Association released the 19th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report, which reveals that Louisiana received mostly failing grades for its efforts to reduce and prevent tobacco use, including e-cigarettes. This year’s report grades federal and state efforts to reduce tobacco use and calls for meaningful policies that will prevent and reduce tobacco use and save lives.
Even amid the pandemic, tobacco use remains a serious public health threat. Tobacco use is the nation’s leading cause of preventable death and disease, taking an estimated 480,000 lives every year. In addition to tobacco-related death and disease, smoking also increases the risk of the most severe impacts of COVID-19, making ending tobacco use more important than ever. Much like COVID-19, tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure disproportionately impacts certain communities, including communities of color, LGTBQ+ Americans and perso
Williston, VT | January 27, 2021
Even amid the pandemic, tobacco use remains a serious public health threat. In addition to tobacco-related death and disease, smoking also increases the risk of the most severe impacts of COVID-19, making ending tobacco use more important than ever. This year’s “State of Tobacco Control” report from the American Lung Association grades federal and state efforts to reduce tobacco use and calls for meaningful policies that will save lives. The report finds that Vermont had mixed grades on its efforts to reduce and prevent tobacco use, earning two failing grades for tobacco prevention and control funding and for flavored tobacco products, with State the earning an A and two Bs in the remaining categories.