NASCAR Driver Mackena Bell Joins American Lung Association to Share Her...
NASCAR driver Mackena Bell has partnered with the American Lung Association to speak out in the fight against lung disease, and to raise awareness about the rising toll of lung cancer on women.
View ArticleU.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommends Screening for those at High...
Today the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) made a recommendation that will save lives. The Task Force released its final recommendation, grading annual low-dose CT screening for individuals...
View ArticleLung Cancer Rates Declining
The American Lung Association is pleased to see the decline in lung cancer rates reported today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While this is good news, lung cancer remains the...
View ArticleLong Awaited FDA Proposal to Regulate E-Cigarettes, Cigars and Other Tobacco...
Today, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products issued its long-awaited proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, hookah, pipe tobacco and other tobacco...
View ArticleObama Administration Takes Critical Step to Help Smokers Quit and Save Lives
Today, the Obama Administration issued guidance on quit smoking benefits available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This important announcement from the Departments implementing the ACA (Health...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association Teams Up with Valerie Harper and Kellie Pickler to...
The American Lung Association, in partnership with national presenting sponsor, CVS Caremark, unveiled LUNG FORCE, a new initiative to make lung cancer in women a public health priority, drive policy...
View ArticleJewel Releases Original Song to Support American Lung Association's LUNG...
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jewel unveiled a new song, “Sing On,” in support of LUNG FORCE, a new initiative to make lung cancer in women a public health priority, drive policy change and...
View ArticleCDC: Youth Cigarette Smoking at Lowest Level in 22 Years; Youth Cigar and...
The American Lung Association welcomes today’s results that find youth cigarette smoking has dropped to 15.7 percent, the lowest level ever recorded, in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleCDC Launches Powerful New Quit Smoking Ads
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched new ads today as part of its powerful “Tips from Former Smokers” campaign. The “Tips” campaign has resulted in hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleLeading Health Groups Urge FDA to Finalize Rule Regulating All Tobacco...
In public comments jointly filed today, 24 leading public health and medical organizations called on the Food and Drug Administration to issue a final rule to regulate all tobacco products by April 25,...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association Statement on E-Cigarettes
The American Lung Association is very concerned about the potential health consequences of electronic cigarettes, as well as the unproven claims that they can be used to help smokers quit. There is...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association Congratulates CVS for Removing All Tobacco Products...
The American Lung Association applauds CVS for removing cigarettes and all tobacco products from all CVS/pharmacy locations across the U.S. This is an important milestone for the health of the American...
View ArticleThree Lung Cancer Advocacy Organizations Collaborate to Fund Critically...
Three of the nation’s largest lung cancer advocacy organizations, the American Lung Association, Free to Breathe, and Uniting Against Lung Cancer, are working together in an unprecedented collaboration...
View ArticleValerie Harper, Jewel, Kellie Pickler, Mackena Bell Raise Their Voices with...
As part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November, Emmy-nominated actress and author Valerie Harper, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jewel, country music singer Kellie Pickler and female NASCAR...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association Congratulates NASCAR Driver Mackena Bell on...
Mackena Bell, NASCAR driver and Honorary Spokesperson for LUNG FORCE, a national movement fighting lung cancer in women, will be competing in the NASCAR Nationwide series DAV200 “Honoring America’s...
View ArticleMedicare Will Cover Annual CT Scan for Individuals at High Risk for Lung Cancer
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today its draft proposal to cover an annual low-dose CT scan for Medicare beneficiaries at high risk for developing lung cancer. Medicare...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association to Support Lung-MAP Trial
The American Lung Association announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) to help support the Lung-MAP project, a groundbreaking...
View ArticleE-Cigarette Use Among Teens Surpasses Cigarette Smoking For First Time
For the first time ever, a national study found e-cigarette use among teens exceeds traditional cigarette smoking. The study, “Monitoring the Future,” also found that e-cigarette use among 8th and 10th...
View ArticleIndividuals at High Risk Should Get Screened for Lung Cancer
For the first time ever, starting January 1, individuals who are at high risk for developing lung cancer may be eligible for screening at no out-of-pocket cost. Most people with private insurance,...
View ArticleAmerican Lung Association Response to President Obama's Precision Medicine...
Statement from National President and CEO of the American Lung Association Harold Wimmer, in response to the announcement today from President Obama:
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