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Recent News from American Lung Association of New York
Health Groups Create Web-Based "Tax Ticker" Documenting State Revenue Lost to Cigarette Tax Evasion
New York State's leading public health organizations today announced a web-based "Tax Ticker" located at www.alany.org/tobaccotaxticker, enabling citizens to track the amount of tax dollars the state loses per second by failing to collect the exci...
Groups ‘Clock' the Lost Revenue from Uncollected Cigarette Tax
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Lung Association: NYC Taxi Ruling Dissappointing
The American Lung Association of New York is disappointed with today's ruling against the TLC's plan to require all new taxicabs to have a minimum 25 mile-per-gallon ("mpg") city rating by October 1, 2008, and a minimum 30 mpg city rating by Octob...
NYS Clean Diesel Regulations Show Promise
A coalition of environmental and public health groups today urged adoption of regulations drafted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) which implement aspects of the New York State Diesel Emission Reduction Act of 2...
Online Flu Shot Locator Available For New Yorkers
The American Lung Association of New York today unveiled a searchable, online resource for finding flu clinics across New York State. The online directory of public influenza vaccination clinics, available at www.flucliniclocator.org, makes findi...
College Dorms Are Now Smokefree, What About the Rest of Campus?
The American Lung Association of New York today released data highlighting the smoking policies on college and university campuses across New York. This information provides a local context to the findings in the American Lung Association's natio...
Pharmacists in New York Now Able to Give Immunizations
The American Lung Association of New York today commended Governor David Paterson for signing into law a measure that enables licensed pharmacists to administer influenza (flu) and pneumococcal (pneumonia) immunizations. Sponsored by Senator Fusch...
Lung Association: Back to School Often Means Back to Asthma for School-Age Children
The American Lung Association of New York today reminded parents and caregivers across New York State that when children return to school, they often return to dealing with asthma-related issues. Annually, school-age children with asthma miss almo...
Air Pollution Bad in Beijing, Not Great in New York State
As New York's finest athletes arrive in Beijing to take part in the 2008 Summer Olympics, the American Lung Association of New York reminds New Yorkers back home of the dangers of air pollution. While those competing in the Olympic Games in the Pe...
Groups Ask: Where are Clean Diesel Regulations?
A coalition of environmental and public health groups today urged Governor Paterson to order the immediate implementation of the New York State Diesel Emission Reduction Act of 2006. According to the timelines established by the law, all state ow...
FDA OVERSIGHT OF TOBACCO PASSES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The American Lung Association of New York today applauded the courage and leadership of New York's Congressional Delegation for voting overwhelmingly in favor of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1108). Today's historic ...