ADVOCACY PARTNERS

In working with our tobacco control partners throughout the state, we are assisting committees interested in establishing smoke-free ordinances to protect their citizens. Leading the way with TFL in this effort are TFL’s advocacy partners:

The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. To discourage tobacco use, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and stroke, AHA supports public policies including but not limited to significant price increases on tobacco products, full FDA authority over the manufacture, sale, distribution, labeling and promotion of tobacco products, significant funding for tobacco control programs, and the elimination of smoking in public places.

The American Cancer Society is a national community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. Through issue campaigns, ACS influences policymakers to fund programs proven tohelp smokers quit and keep young people from ever starting and increasing tobacco taxes, a proven means of reducing consumption, especially among young people.

The American Lung Association of Louisiana is a resource for information and data on lung diseases, dedicated to prevention of lung disease through education and prevention, research, and advocacy. The ALA of Louisiana advocates for smoke-free ordinances which have been effective in not only reducing exposure to secondhand smoke but in increasing the number of people who quit and discouraging kids from starting to smoke.

The Louisiana Tobacco Control Program, a project of the Office of Public Health, is committed to promoting partnerships and using research based strategies for tobacco prevention, control, and awareness in order to empower citizens to make healthy lifestyle choices to create a Tobacco-Free Louisiana. The OPH-TCP organizes conferences and workshops geared toward making tobacco use less socially acceptable to advocate for a tobacco-free environment.

Our goal is for a statewide law that protects the 4 million residents of Louisiana from the dangers of secondhand smoke.