The American Heart Association / American Stroke Association supports and advocates for public policies that will help improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent while reducing deaths by coronary heart disease and stroke by 20 percent by 2020.
The following are the public policy priorities for West Virginia in 2011-2012:
- Tobacco Control – Support significant increase in tobacco excise taxes on all tobacco products with a portion of revenues generated by increased tobacco excise taxes allocated to tobacco control, prevention and cessation programs, and other heart disease and stroke related health initiatives.
- Tobacco Control – Advocate for comprehensive smoke-free laws at the local level that are in compliance with the Fundamentals of Smoke-free Workplace Laws.
- Obesity Prevention – Advocate to eliminate the use of industrially produced trans fats in schools including the elimination of partially hydrogenated oils in food preparation and require that all foods brought in to schools contain zero grams of trans fat as labeled.
- Surveillance – Advocate for the establishment of a statewide stroke registry that compiles stroke incidence and care information and statistics that align with the stroke consensus metrics developed and approved by the AHA/ASA, CDC and the Joint Commission.
- Health Care Access, Cost and Quality – Monitor opportunities within health reform implementation as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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