Press Releases

• March 30, 2012 - Obama administration takes action to address tobacco epidemic (FDA)

• March 24, 2012 - Tobacco Control Advocates Join Forces to Raise Awareness About Youth Smoking Through Free Screening of Documentary Film "Addiction Incorporated" at Yost Theater in Santa Ana [Download Spanish Version] (National Latino Tobacco Control Network and partners)

• March 15, 2012 - CDC Launches a National Tobacco Education Campaign with an Attempt to Target Asian American Smokers (APPEAL)

• March 15, 2012 - These New Ads Might Shock You -- They Might Also Save Your Life and the Life of a Loved One [Download Spanish Version] (National Latino Tobacco Control Network)

• March 14, 2012 - Tobacco Industry Tactics are Succeeding with Latino Youth: One of every two Latino high schoolers have smoked cigarettes (National Latino Tobacco Control Network)

• March 08, 2012 - Surgeon General releases new report on youth smoking: More than 3.6 million kids smoke cigarettes (HHS)

• February 06, 2012 - Dozens of federal officials convene to address transexual violence and health care in Puerto Rico (The Network for LGBT Health Equity)

• January 09, 2012 - Documentary reveals truth about nicotine addiction and tobacco companies (Addiction Incorporated)

• January 09, 2012 - National Native Network Launches Updated Site to Keep Tobacco Use Sacred (O-SI-YO Communications)

2011

• December 19, 2011 - The National African American Tobacco Prevention Network (NAATPN) Unveils New Website (NAATPN)

• December 14, 2011 - FDA Statemet on the Institute of Medicine Report: Scientific Standards for Studies on Modified Risk Tobacco Products (FDA)

• December 14, 2011 - Report Specifies Research FDA Should Require Before Allowing 'Modified Risk' Tobacco Products to be Marketed (The National Academies)

• November 30, 2011 - New Report: States Slash Tobacco Prevention Funding by 35%, Spend Less than 2 Cents of Every Tobacco Dollar to Fight Tobacco Use (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids)

• November 28, 2011 - Alaska Native Tribal Leaders Speak Out (SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium)

• November 18, 2011 - Community Health Advocates Call for Immediate Changes to Honor Transgender Day of Remembrance (Network for LGBT Health Equity)

• October 31, 2011 - HHS Announces New, Refined Survey Standards to Examine, Help Eliminate Differences in Care Based on Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, or Disability (HHS Office of Minority Health)

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