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California’s Governor Jerry Brown Signs Historic Legislation to Keep Kids from Getting Hooked on Nicotine

Save Lives California Contact: Mike Roth For Immediate Release 916-444-7170 March 3, 2016 Assembly passes historic tobacco controls to save lives, protect kids Speaker Atkins and Speaker-Elect Rendon show true leadership on vital issues of e-cigarettes, smoking age, smoke free schools and more

Contact: Steph McCorkle/916 802-4033 San Francisco Votes to Become First City/County in California to Raise Minimum Sale Age for Tobacco to 21 California State Assembly Faces Similar Opportunity on Thursday Sacramento, CA – March 1, 2016 – The American Cancer Society Cancer

Save Lives California For Immediate Release October 7, 2015 Contact: Mike Roth, 916-444-7170 Save Lives California Files 2016 Cigarette Tax Initiative $2 per pack tax will fund research for cures to cancer, fight teen smoking Sacramento, CA – Today, the Save Lives California coalition, joined by

A report was released by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows California is not doing enough to prevent, and reduce suffering and death from cancer.

(Sacramento, CA)– April 14, 2015 - Nearly 150 cancer patients, survivors and caregivers from across the state traveled to the Capitol to request support for a sweeping series of tobacco-related bills to keep youth from smoking, curb tobacco-related healthcare costs and fund tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The visit

In 2013, as requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Institue of Medicine convened a committee to conduct a study on the public health implications of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products. Key findings include that raising the minimum age for the sale of tobacco

Snuff Tobacco Money out of California Politics Letter to Candidates and Officeholders and Form Snuff Tobacco Money out of California Politics Website Launch News Release

Governor Jerry Brown has signed a billξmaking tanning bed use illegal for anyone under age 18 in the State of California. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2012.ξ They are the first state in the nation to do so, and the law aligns withξAmerican Cancer Societyξand ACS