Letter in support of HR 4742, which would impose an excise tax on nicotine used in e-cigarettes
Urging support for the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, HR 2339
Letter to FDA urging them to adopt a policy of disclosing to the public the products for which premarket applications have been filed by the new deadline and are undergoing the premarket review process, as well as to identify all those products for which applications should have been filed by the deadline to remain on the market
Trust for America’s Health
Letter to VP Pence and Congressional leadership calling for paid sick days and related policies
Public health infrastructure sign-on letter to congressional leadership to highlight the negative effects of economic downturn on public health budgets
Letter to HHS Secretary Azar urging him to strengthen and affirm the role of CDC
American Lung Association and American Heart Association
Letter to the Administration regarding the urgent need for action to be taken to ensure adequate supply and distribution of personal protective equipment and ventilators
SEICUS
Encouraging members of Congress to support federal legislation and programs designed to provide sex education that is comprehensive and inclusive
APHA & National Environmental Health Association
Requesting a $12 million increase for CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in FY 2021
Build America’s School Infrastructure Coalition
Letter encouraging Congress to enact into law Division K of HR2, the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act (RRASA), which would authorize $100 billion for long-standing school infrastructure needs
Food Research & Action Center
Letter urging the Biden administration to work with Congress and take every administrative step possible to establish Universal School Meals
2019
Results for America –FY20: Funding Supporting evidence-based funding for a broad range of programs including TPPP
APHA request-302(b) funding: To secure a strong funding allocation for the House and Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittees
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Trump Administration’s plan to remove all non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes, including mint and menthol flavors, from the market.
FDA’s proposed rule mandating graphic cigarette health warnings
Provision in Representative Pallone’s Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 that would prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes
CDC and FDA Funding To the FDA requesting explanation for why new tobacco products remain on the market without a premarket review by FDA
Letter in Support of the SAFE Kids Act
Letters Opposing the House and Senate Cigar Bills
Tobacco 21 Bills
APHA – Infectious Diseases and Opioids: Requesting that Congress appropriate the full $40 million authorized in the SUPPORT Act to address the infectious diseases impacts of the opioid epidemic, including HIV, viral hepatitis, infective endocarditis, and comorbidities
School Based Health Alliance: School Based Health Center Reauthorization Act
American Academy of Pediatrics: Vaccine Awareness Campaign to Champion Immunization Nationally and Enhance Safety (VACCINES) Act of 2019
Power to Decide: Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program
Statement of Support: the President’s signing into law the new FDA ruling extending its authority to all tobacco products (Read More)
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids to Major League Baseball and its Players Association to remove smokeless tobacco use from baseball
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids to the FDA to implement a track and trace system to curb the illicit market in tobacco products
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids to Congress to request level funding from FY2016 for the CDC Office on Smoking and Health
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids to Congress requesting the $635 million in user fees that the Tobacco Control Act authorizes FDA to collect for FY 2017
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers to CMS to establish national consensus around the scope of work needed to achieve excellence in school-based Medicaid programs
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by ASCD and coalition in response to the president’s budget only being 1/3 of the authorized amount for Title IV funding, and urges Congress adequately fund it
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by SIECUS support of FY 2017 funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and the Division of Adolescent and School Health, as well as the elimination of the annually-funded abstinence-only-until-marriage grant program
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by Results for America in support for evidence-based funding for a broad range of programs including TPPP
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Food Marketing Work group – UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity asking General Mills to stop marketing Betty Crocker fruit snacks to children
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to the FDA requesting explanation for why new tobacco products remain on the market without a premarket review by FDA
Comments Submitted: recommendations to the Department of Education to implement programs under the new “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA) prior to publishing proposed regulations
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Coalition for Health Funding to increase the top line spending level for HHS to increase the top line spending level for HHS
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids responding to the Housing and Urban Development Department’s proposed rule instituting Smokefree Public Housing
2015
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity opposing harmful riders limiting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids asking for updated guidance clarifying that plans must cover a comprehensive tobacco cessation benefit with no cost-sharing
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Trust for America’s Health supporting a balanced approach to sequestration relief which maintains full funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Society of Health and Physical Educators supporting health and PE as core subjects in ESEA
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids asking to quickly publish a proposed rule requiring liquid nicotine products to carry child-resistant packaging and nicotine exposure warnings
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Trust for America’s Health, Healthy Schools Campaign and Attendance Works supporting a national effort that the US Department of Education is planning to address chronic absenteeism in schools
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids to ensure language in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement stipulate that countries protect citizens from tobacco harm by adopting public health measures
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids to addressing the grandfather issue for e-cigarettes and cigars
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the National Campaign in support of maintaining federal funding for the evidence based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by SIECUS in support of funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, DASH and a call for the elimination of the Competitive Abstinence Education (CAE) grant program
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Non-Defense Discretionary Coalition to replace sequestration with a balanced approach to deficit reduction
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the American Legacy Foundation requesting that the Office of Head Start include tobacco control measures in its program requirements
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids requesting that the FDA bring an enforcement action against RJ Reynolds for its advertising of Natural American Spirit cigarettes
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids requesting that House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders follow up on the grandfather law issue for e-cigarettes and cigars
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Student Health Advocacy Coalition in support of the Opportunity Dashboard of Core Resources amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity to support child nutrition reauthorization recommendations
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the National Coalition of STD Directors to restore devastating cuts to STD prevention
Sign-on Letter: Sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest in opposition of harmful riders affecting the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in opposition of weaker tobacco legislation
Endorsed language: Senator Udall’s Expectant and Parenting Students Amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act (S 1177)
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education in support of Health Education in Schools
Letter of Support: 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey
Sign-On Letter: Co-sponsored by the Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce, the Coalition for Health Funding and the Committee for Education Funding asking House and Senate Appropriations Committees to increase the top line spending level for HHS
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the National Parent Teacher Association in support of Family Engagement in Education
Endorsed Language: Senator Kaine’s Teach Safe Relationships Act (S 355)
Letter of Support: Sponsored by SHAC and sent to Senate HELP Committee supporting 2016 CDC appropriations
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine in support of establishing a physical activity research program within the NIH Common Fund UPDATE: REQUEST GRANTED
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the American Public Health Association in support of a funding level of $77.8 billion for CDC programs in 2016
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the National Farm to School Network to bolster funding for the Farm to School Act of 2015
Sign-On Letter: Co-sponsored by the National Women’s Law Center and the Healthy Teen Network in support of the Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the Trust for America’s Health in support of the Prevention and Public Health Fund
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by the Sex Ed Coalition in support of Adolescent Sexual Health – TPPI and DASH funding; and the elimination of Competitive Abstinence Education
Sign-On Letter: Sponsored by Society of Health and Physical Educators which was sent to the Senate HELP Committee to ensure that health and physical education remain prominent in ESEA and are eligible for federal funding, whether or not core subjects are addressed; also requested that the PEP grant remain in the bill
