Area Tobacco Prevention Group to Meet in Shreveport

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Amy B. Ferguson, Keating Magee
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AREA TOBACCO PREVENTION GROUP TO MEET IN SHREVEPORT

New Orleans, September 3, 2004—The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) will host its next regional organizing meeting in Shreveport on Thursday September 9th at 9:00 a.m. 10:30 p.m. at the American Cancer Society at 920 Pierremont Rd. in Suite 300.
TFL, a statewide tobacco prevention initiative that seeks to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco use among Louisianians, encourages all previous participants in the Statewide Summit on Tobacco Prevention and the first organizing meeting to attend. The meeting is also open to community leaders, concerned members of the public, and representatives from area organizations.
The Shreveport region covers the following parishes: Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, De Soto, Red River, Sabine and Natchitoches.
Breakfast/Lunch (?) will be served at the meeting. For more information or to RSVP, those interested should contact Cheryll Sheard, TFLs statewide manager, at 504-301-9817.
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living provides statewide coordination of existing tobacco control initiatives, funds innovative community programming for tobacco control, and develops statewide media campaigns to help reduce the excessive burden of tobacco use on the states resources and improve Louisianas overall health and quality of life.

Tobacco Fact: In 2002, each pack of cigarettes sold in Louisiana cost an estimated $7.27 in smoking-attributable direct medical expenses and lost productivity.