I’m deeply honored to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden.

But this honor doesn’t just belong to me. I hope everyone who has worked at @bloomberg and BloombergDotOrg over the years, or served New York City during our administration, takes pride in what we have…

We congratulate Mike Bloomberg on receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He deserves this honor for his unparalleled leadership and philanthropy on public health, education, the environment, the arts and many other issues. We are proud to work with him and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Big Tobacco constantly fights policies that protect kids and public health —  just to sustain their profits.

Their army of lobbyists fight at the local, state and national level, and all of our communities suffer as a result. More from ActionSmoking&Health👇
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SFP Director Lilia Olefir 🇺🇦 has been awarded the 2024 Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence!

Make sure to follow us & Tobacco-Free Kids Global as we celebrate Lilia and the other honourees.

Thanks again to CTFK for this prestigious award!

#TobaccoControl

NEW: Our 2024 Lobbyist Tracker shows 1027 tobacco industry lobbying registrations at the state level, up 10.7% from 2023.

Tobacco lobbyists work to protect their profits not life-saving policies; they have no place in health policy.

🔍: ow.ly/fY9m50RpfH0 #TrackTobacco

CEASE📢 “The fact that our elected officials are willing to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at protecting us from the dangers of smoking indoors speaks volumes about where their priorities lie — & it's certainly not w/ the hardworking individuals who keep these casinos running.'

We applaud FDA Tobacco & U.S. Department of Justice for seizing these unauthorized e-cigarette products.

This represents the stepped-up, coordinated enforcement action needed to clear the market of unauthorized, flavored products that put our kids at risk.

It’s shameful that New Jersey officials are defending the loophole in the state’s smoke-free law that allows smoking in casinos. They should be defending the rights of casino workers to safe and healthy workplaces, free of deadly secondhand smoke. apnews.com/article/atlant…

As we wrap up National Healthy Homes Month, check out our latest blog from our partners at ANR on how cities can promote health equity by ensuring clean air for everyone in multi-unit housing, workplaces, and public spaces. #NHHM24

cityhealth.org/resource/smoke…

🚫 In a major win against Big Tobacco, a French Court of Appeal ruled that the sponsorship contract between Philip Morris & Ducati is illegal under French tobacco control laws.

This critical decision underscores the effectiveness of regulations preventing tobacco sponsorships…

“I’m in it for the long haul,” Carol McGruder's Dr. Phillip Gardiner told @StatNews. “I was in the civil rights movement, and the Black power movement in the ’60s. I’m not going anywhere. We are not going anywhere.'

We couldn't agree more — the fight continues.
statnews.com/2024/04/30/men…

This week we welcome young advocates from across Latin America to Lima 🇵🇪, where they are building community and sharing knowledge on strategies to fight Big Tobacco and save lives.

Watch for more details on the #YAS4controldetabaco meeting this week!
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We’re pleased to see Medscape end the partnership with Philip Morris International and implement a policy to no longer accept tobacco industry funding.

No one should ever give this deadly business a platform to hide the enormous harm it causes.
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We are disappointed in the Biden Harris Administration's decision to delay rules to eliminate menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Please read our full statement below.

“Poison in every puff”
“Cigarettes cause impotence”
“Cigarettes cause leukemia”

These messages — and more — are printed on literally *every* cigarette in Canada thanks to a new, world-first public health measure requiring health warnings on individual cigarettes, in addition…

“This decision prioritizes politics over lives,” our President & CEO Yolonda C. Richardson told Capital B. “There is absolutely no reason to further study or delay a rule that ... will save hundreds of thousands of lives, especially Black lives.'
capitalbnews.org/biden-menthol-…