Every year, we lose more Californians to tobacco use than alcohol, HIV/AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined. Tobacco use costs the state more than $18 billion every year and in 2010, more than 36,000 youth will become smokers.
California Earns Mixed Results in Tobacco Policy Report Card
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The American Lung Association in California is committed to improving and protecting the health of all Californians by creating a smokefree state. We work with elected officials at the state and local level to pass effective policies proven to save lives. But that isn’t enough.
We need you to join in the fight. You CAN make difference across state and at home.
Take a stand against Big Tobacco. Help the American Lung Association's fight against tobacco and help pass the California Cancer Research Act that will fund critical cancer research and tobacco prevention programs. Become a member of our Action Network, and make a difference!
It's your community, help raise the grade in your city. Work with the American Lung Association to pass local laws for smokefree air and to reduce teen smoking.
Support the fight against tobacco and cancer. Your tax-deductible contribution will help the American Lung Association in California in its fight against tobacco and the lung diseases it causes. We need your support to win against Big Tobacco. Give today!
