Advocacy News Releases: Tobacco

2009
11-12-2009	Statement by American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown on State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking and Adult Smoking Rates
10-15-2009	American Heart Association Says IOM Report Underscores the Importance of Smoke-Free Policies to Reduce Risk of Heart Disease
06-22-2009	Statement by American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown on Enactment of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
6-11-2009	Statement by American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown on Senate Passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
5-22-2009	Statement by American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown in Response to U.S. Appeals Court Ruling on Tobacco Industry Civil Racketeering Case
4-2-2009	Statement by American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown in Response to Passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
2-18-2009	Deadly in Pink: New Report Warns Big Tobacco Has Stepped Up Targeting of Women and Girls
2-4-2009	Statement by American Heart Association President Timothy Gardner, M.D. on Expansion of SCHIP
1-14-2009	Statement by American Heart Association President Timothy Gardner, M.D. on House Passage of Legislation to Reauthorize SCHIP

2008
11-18-2008	Coalition Backs Plan To Provide All Tobacco Users With Access To Cessation Treatment
11-18-2008	Statement by American Heart Association CEO M. Cass Wheeler on report “A Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Ten Years Later,” November 18, 2008
10-14-2008	Statement by American Heart Association CEO M. Cass Wheeler in Response to Oral Arguments in US District Court of Appeals for Department of Justice Lawsuit Against the Tobacco Industry
10-06-2008	Statement by American Heart Association CEO M. Cass Wheeler on Altria Group v. Good Supreme Court Case
07-30-2008	Statement by M. Cass Wheeler, CEO, American Heart Association, on U.S. House of Representatives Passage of The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
04-02-2008	Statement of M. Cass Wheeler CEO, American Heart Association, on U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Passage of The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
03-11-2008	Statement of M. Cass Wheeler, CEO, American Heart Association, on U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Passage of The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act