The American Lung Association said sustained efforts to reduce tobacco use work, but Thomas Carr, the association’s director of national policy, said the progress is in jeopardy, especially ...

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A number of critical funding and staffing cuts initiated by the Trump administration, along with inadequate efforts by most ...

West Virginia and Ohio are falling short on tobacco control efforts, according to the American Lung Association’s annual ...

Amid cuts to national smoking programs, The 19th spoke with LGBTQ+ people about how their queer or trans identity is linked ...

Brian King, executive vice president for U.S. Programs with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, says Georgia is not allocating money paid by tobacco companies toward smoking-related health care costs ...

In the wake of the Trump administration’s rollback of tobacco prevention efforts, researchers are calling on state lawmakers ...

Federal guidelines recommend that smokers under the age of 65, considered high-risk for severe COVID-19 symptoms, be eligible for the vaccine in early phases of distribution, frustrating essential ...

States should significantly increase tobacco taxes to reduce tobacco use and raise billions in new revenue that can help fund critical tobacco prevention and other health programs, according to a new ...

The number of smokers in South Carolina has dropped in recent years, but the state could do more to discourage tobacco use, ...

The American Lung Association said the state needs to dip deeper into the $1 billion-plus it receives annually through ...

Jan. 29—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — West Virginia rated three F's and two D's in the American Lung Association's 24th annual "State of Tobacco Control " report. The report says, "West ...