> Take Action: Help prepare America for the flu season!

Experts have warned that a potential flu pandemic can strike the United States at anytime. A flu pandemic will spread rapidly and easily from person to person, affecting all age groups.  It will cause illness in a high proportion of those infected. We must make sure the United States is better prepared for the flu season regardless of whether a flu pandemic occurs in this year or in several years.

Funds must be available to ensure that we are prepared for influenza outbreaks. Further, please make sure we are ready for any flu pandemics. Leadership is needed to prevent these pandemics. Learn more about how you can help.

> Guilty! Judge Finds Tobacco Companies Guilty of Federal Racketeering

Seven years after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to stop the deceptive practices of the tobacco industry, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler found on August 17, 2006, that Big Tobacco was guilty of federal racketeering charges.  After reviewing millions of pages of evidence and expert testimony, Judge Kessler correctly concluded that tobacco companies have engaged in a long-term, fraudulent scheme to mislead the American people about the health risks of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke, the addictiveness of their products, and in their tactics for marketing their products to children.

> Take Action: Smokefree U.S. Capitol

This morning, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona released a report revealing that no exposure to secondhand smoke is safe and that secondhand smoke causes premature death and disease in those who are exposed to it.   The Surgeon General's report also finds that children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for acute respiratory infections, ear problems and more severe asthma.

> Take Action: It's time for FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products

It's time for Congress to protect the public health and our kids against tobacco products. Please join us and thousands of other advocates across the country by calling on Congress to give the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products.

> State of the Air: 2006 - Make a Difference by Cleaning Up Dirty Diesel Locomotive and Marine Engines

More than 150 million Americans still live in counties where they are exposed to unhealthful levels of air pollution, according to the  American Lung Association State of the Air: 2006 report, released on April 27.

> Join the Smokefree Air 2010 Challenge

Join the American Lung Association  Smokefree Air 2010 Challenge and help make your community smokefree! The American Lung Association is challenging all communities and states to be smokefree by the year 2010. Secondhand smoke is a serious health hazard that each year kills 38,000 nonsmoking Americans.