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Please direct general media inquiries to:
Jennifer Baldwin
Development Director
American Lung Association in Oregon
503-718-6151
Email: Jennifer Baldwin
ALAO Press Releases
June 25, 2010 - Renee Klein has been selected as the new President & CEO of the American Lung Association - Mountain Pacific, effective July 1, 2010.
April 28, 2010 - American Lung Association’s Annual “State of the Air” report cites moderate ozone pollution and unhealthy particle pollution levels in Oregon but some counties Are breathing clean air.
January 12, 2010 - Oregon's tobacco control policies earned mixed grades in the American Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control 2009 report released today.
September 23, 2009 - Study shows 29% increase in availability of smokefree apartments in Greater Portland area.
May 18, 2009 - The Mt. Hood Community College District Board of Education approved a new policy at its May 13 meeting to prohibit tobacco use on all College premises.
March 20, 2009 - At its meeting last night, the Portland Community College (PCC) board of directors gave its official stamp of approval on plans to make all PCC campuses tobacco-free effective Fall 2009.
January 13, 2009 - Oregon's tobacco control policies earned mixed grades in the American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control 2008 report released today.
2008 Press Releases
December 29, 2008 - The American Lung Association of Oregon (ALAO) has launched a multi-state e-mail campaign asking Craigslist to add a smokefree search box to the rental housing search options within its free online classified listings.
November 18, 2008 - Portland, Ore.-based Guardian Management LLC (Guardian), in conjunction with the Oregon Public Health Division, surveyed residents at 17 of its federally-subsidized rental communities in the Portland-Metro area regarding its no smoking policy and found a majority of the respondents are satisfied with the ban while also experiencing a reduction in second-hand-smoke exposure. Guardian's no smoking policy was the largest of its kind in the U.S. when introduced last year.
Read an executive summary of the Guardian resident survey findings.
Aug. 29, 2008 - The American Lung Association of Oregon (ALAO) and its Smokefree Housing Project partners, named its 2008 "Champions of No-Smoking Policies" yesterday, at its annual Smokefree Housing Project advisory board luncheon. The inaugural awards recognize regional property management companies that have lead the way in initiating no-smoking policies.
June 19, 2008 – American Lung Association of Oregon and Apartment Guide are giving landlords more options for marketing healthier apartment communities. The easy-to-read directory allows readers to quickly identify properties with no-smoking policies in their area.
June 12, 2008 – Portland Community College will go tobacco-free in the fall of 2009, according to Preston Pulliams, college president.
January 11, 2008 – The fourth holiday season has passed since Marlene MacEwan lost her husband, Bob, to lung cancer. Now, like the American Lung Association of Oregon, the Surgeon General and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MacEwan is urging everyone who has not yet tested their home for radon to do so in January during National Radon Action Month.
January 10, 2008 – For the sixth year in a row, Oregon received a failing grade in tobacco prevention funding, according to the annual American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control (SOTC) report issued today.
2007 Press Releases
December 12, 2007 – “The Overlook” condo development opens in North Portland, making it one of the first smokefree condominium developments in the Portland metro area. The Overlook’s no-smoking policy covers all indoor common areas and units, as well as its outdoor balconies.
October 22, 2007 – At its October 19th meeting, Oregon College Health Association members voted unanimously in support of the following statement: “The Oregon College Health Association supports, promotes, and advocates for initiatives to create tobacco-free environments on campuses and encourages all Oregon colleges and universities to be diligent in their efforts to achieve a campus-wide tobacco-free environment.”
October 15, 2007 – The American Lung Association of Oregon (ALAO) applauds Portland State University (PSU) for its decision to end cigarette sales in its campus store.
September 26, 2007 – Oregon community college students are frequently exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke on their campuses, and most students agree that it’s okay for their colleges to prohibit smoking.
August 27, 2007 – A new state law that allows kindergarten through 12th-grade students to administer their own asthma and severe allergy medications is aiming to reduce hospitalizations and school absenteeism. The enactment of Senate Bill 1040 comes as asthma emergency room and hospitalization rates spike in September—a seasonal “back-to-school asthma” phenomenon.
August 20, 2007 – Portland-based Guardian Management becomes the largest property management company to date to implement a no-smoking policy company-wide. The new policy will affect 6,500 residential units in Oregon alone.
July 26, 2007 – The nation’s oldest voluntary health organization has created a new regional division, the American Lung Association of the Mountain Pacific, to oversee operations in Oregon, Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming.
May 1, 2007 - Oregon received a range of grades from As to Fs in the just-released American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2007 report. The report ranked cities and counties across the nation with the cleanest and dirtiest air and provided report cards on the two most pervasive air pollutants: soot (particle pollution) and smog (ozone).
April 2007 – The American Lung Association of Oregon (ALAO), in conjunction with Multnomah County Health Department and Clark County Public Health (WA), unveil a new website and guidebook to assist landlords in implementing smokefree housing policies.
April 18, 2007 – The American Lung Association of Oregon (ALAO), with sponsor Nike, honored Lindarose Allaway today with the 2007 Alberto Salazar “Asthma in Action Award” for increasing awareness about, and advancing and educating people with asthma throughout Oregon. The award is named for Salazar, an asthmatic who set a world record in marathon running.
March 1, 2007 – The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has selected Dr. Louis Libby as the recipient of its national 2007 Outstanding Clinician Award (OCA). Libby is the Executive Vice President of The Oregon Clinic, located in Northeast Portland.
January 9, 2007 – For the fifth year in a row, Oregon received a failing grade in tobacco prevention funding, according to the annual American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control report issued today.
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