Yesterday, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. This is a monumental victory for public health and is an issue the American Heart Association has been working on for over a decade. Thank your legislators for passing this extremely important law by visiting http://www.heartprescription.org
The bill will:
* Restrict the flood of advertising aimed at enticing our children into a lifetime of tobacco addiction
* Require the tobacco companies to disclose the ingredients in their products
* Require stronger and more prominent warnings about the health risks of smoking
* Help reduce the number of deaths from heart disease and stroke caused by tobacco use!
* Finally put tobacco products under the same scrutiny as mac n' cheese, make-up, dog food, and nearly every other consumer product on the market!
For more on the history of the American Heart Association's involvement visit http://yourethecure.blogspot.com to read reflections from former CEOs Cass Wheeler and Dudley Hafner!
The bill will:
* Restrict the flood of advertising aimed at enticing our children into a lifetime of tobacco addiction
* Require the tobacco companies to disclose the ingredients in their products
* Require stronger and more prominent warnings about the health risks of smoking
* Help reduce the number of deaths from heart disease and stroke caused by tobacco use!
* Finally put tobacco products under the same scrutiny as mac n' cheese, make-up, dog food, and nearly every other consumer product on the market!
For more on the history of the American Heart Association's involvement visit http://yourethecure.blogspot.com to read reflections from former CEOs Cass Wheeler and Dudley Hafner!
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