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ACS CAN California passes tobacco 21, Oregon urges law makers to follow suit

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Noe Baker 503-729-2919 [email protected] Bend City Council Endorses Raising the Tobacco Sales Age to 21 Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Policy to Protect Kids from Tobacco Bend, Ore. – April 21, 2016 – Last night, Bend City

7 kids a day start smoking in Oregon. Let's make that number zero. More than 135 cities nationwide, including Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Chicago, and Hawaii have raised the age of sale for tobacco products to 21. Sign our petition and tell your elected officials it's

ACS CAN urges Oregon to raise the age of sale of tobacco sales to 21

FOR INTERVIEWS, CONTACT Luis Rodriguez [email protected] Cell: 580-678-2256 Noe Baker

In 1998, 46 states, including Oregon, and the tobacco companies entered into a $221 billion settlement to compensate states for past and future smoking-related expenditures. Since then, Oregon has received over $1 billion in settlement funds which unfortunately have been used for things such as debt service and budget shortfalls.

Kathy Ottele Kathy Ottele is a two-time cancer survivor who has been volunteering with ACS CAN since 2006 and with ACS since 1998. During her long career in the health care industry, Kathy was lucky enough to work at a company dedicated to fighting cancer. Now retired, Kathy lives