AATCLC: "Stand With San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen" Call To Action Tuesday, April 18, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO - April 18, 2017 - PRLog -- AATCLC CALL TO ACTION

Contact: Jackie Wright
888.881.6619

"Stand with San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen" as "First in the Nation Tobacco Ordinance" is Introduced Tuesday, April 18th 11:00 a.m.

"San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen is introducing a very important, first time ever in this country tobacco control ordinance," said Dr. Valerie Yerger, Associate Professor in Health Policy, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco.

"Some of us have worked really, really hard to make this ordinance a reality for our nation, if only one jurisdiction at a time," Dr. Yerger continued. "Please come. Bring a friend, colleague or family member. If you can't, ask someone to be there. Please. Let's meet at 10:45 a.m. at the Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett (Polk Street) side of City Hall."

MEDIA ADVISORY FROM SUPERVISOR MALIA COHEN

Monday, April 17, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Brittni Chicuata, (415) 554-7671
brittni.chicuata@sfgov.org
Office of Supervisor Malia Cohen

*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***
SUPERVISOR MALIA COHEN TO ANNOUNCE FIRST IN THE NATION TOBACCO CONTROL ORDINANCE

WHAT:         Supervisor Malia Cohen will join leading public health   researchers, health and social justice organizations, and community advocates to announce a landmark public health policy for the City of San Francisco and for tobacco control nationwide. The ordinance will improve health outcomes and reduce disparities associated with tobacco-related illnesses.

WHO:          Supervisor Malia Cohen, Mayor Ed Lee, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington (Oakland), Dr. Valerie Yerger (UCSF), Dr. Stan Glantz (UCSF), Dr. Jonathan Butler (NAACP), Carol McGruder (AATCLC), La'Tasha Turner/Sixfootah the Poet (African Americans impacted by the tobacco industry)

WHEN:          Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 11:00 am

WHERE:       San Francisco City Hall, Goodlett Steps
         (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco)

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THE NEED TO STAND WITH SUPERVISOR COHEN IS FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING FACTS:

45,000 African Americans die annually from tobacco related diseases - more than police-involved shootings, homicides, AIDS, car accidents, diabetes; and all other preventable causes of death combined.

Why do over 80% of Black smokers smoke mentholated tobacco products? Since the Civil Rights Era, Big Tobacco companies have perniciously targeted the African American Community with mentholated tobacco products.  These marketing campaigns included dumping cheap products in our communities, giving away free cigarettes to children, and cultivating relationships with the Black press and leadership groups.

The Big Tobacco strategy of using menthol to ease the harshness of tobacco consumption, while alluding to menthol cigarettes as "healthier" as they targeted low income communities and others, adds to their duplicity all in the name of making billions of dollars in profits at the expense of human lives.

The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council is calling for the greater tobacco control community to work strategically to protect all children.  All communities should be healthy and prosperous.

AATCLC Posts Support for Supervisor Malia Cohen

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ABOUT AATCLC

AATCLC -The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), a collective of tobacco control experts dedicated to research, community collaboration and public engagement, is working to stop the 45, 000 preventable deaths of African Americans due to tobacco related diseases.

Available for on-going print, radio, television and Internet tobacco product related interviews:

Carol McGruder, AATCLC Co-Chair
Phillip Gardiner, DrPH, AATCLC Co-Chair
Valerie Yerger, ND, University California, San Francisco

Contact: Jackie Wright
888.881.6619

For more information visit www.savingblacklives.org (http://www.savingblacklives.org/?utm_source=Stand+With+Supervisor+Malia+Cohen-1st+Tobacco+Ordinance&utm_campaign=Project+Coordinator&utm_medium=email)