WHAT:
A press conference to announce results of the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control Report Card 2007, a national report card that evaluates federal and state tobacco control laws, compares them against recognized criteria and translates each state's relative progress into a letter grade ranging from A to F.
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Specifically, states are evaluated in the following four areas:
-- Cigarette Tax Rate
-- Tobacco Prevention and Control Spending
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-- Smoke-free Air
-- Youth Access
WHO:
-- Kathy Drea, Director of Public Policy, American Lung Association of Illinois
-- Lynda Preckwinkle, Director, Lung HelpLine, American Lung Association of Illinois
-- Bryon Wornson, Assistant Director, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Pfizer
WHEN:
Thursday, January 10, 2008
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Blue Room
Illinois Capitol Building
Springfield
CONTACT: Naomi Gitlin, +1-773-929-1000, +1-773-771-1671 (mobile), or Kathy Drea, +1-217-787-5864, +1-217-971-7274 (mobile), both of the American Lung Association of Illinois & Greater Chicago.
/PRNewswire-USNewswire - Jan. 9/
SOURCE American Lung Association of Illinois & Greater Chicago
