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The United States Senate took the nation one step closer to permanently altering the face of public health in America as it passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Mark Junge hopes to inspire oxygen-dependent people to continue living their lives using perseverance and today’s medical technology.

The association’s first Japanese-American chair, Murakawa has been a leader in the organization since 1997

Dangerous air pollution resulting from wildfires poses lethal health hazards to people living and working in the surrounding areas.

The American Lung Association of California applauds the historic vote to reduce harmful exposures of wood smoke pollution in the Bay Area.

The American Lung Association of California offers the following lung health tips and information about clean-up protection to residents affected by current fires throughout the state.

A recent Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing poll shows three out of four rural voters say tobacco retailers should be licensed.

The state’s new five-year Strategic Plan for Asthma provides strategies to improve the health and quality of life for people with asthma.

Policy Initiatives and Community-Based Efforts Have More Work to Do

Tobacco interests spent nearly $2 million to influence California elections and legislative policy in 2007, according to a new Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing report.

Converting cars and trucks in California to zero-emission vehicles would have huge human health and global warming reduction benefits.

While tuberculosis (TB) cases dropped 1.9 percent in California, they increased in a third of California’s local health jurisdictions.

First annual report card presents mixed second-hand smoke picture for Southern California

California scored a range of grades from A to F in the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2007 report.

Studies Could Lead to Better Treatments for 5 million Californians With Lung Disease