Congratulations to the Recipients of Our
18th Annual Clean Air
Awards
 On
April 18th, Breathe California proudly honored 12 local
businesses, organizations and individuals with its 2008 Clean Air
Awards. Presented at the agency's annual spring luncheon,
the awards recognized the innovative approaches being taken to
fight air pollution and protect public health. This year’s
awards specifically recognized those who have gone above and beyond
in their efforts to address climate change. Click
here to read more about our Clean Air Awards and
join us in recognizing these true environmental
champions!
Want to learn more? Visit www.cleanairawards.org for more
on this year's winners and their clean air
initatives.
Help Commemorate World Asthma
Day
 On
May 6th, Breathe California and the Santa Clara County Asthma
Coalition will join health advocates around the globe to
commemorate World Asthma Day. In honor of this year’s
theme, “You Can Control Asthma,” the groups will be
hosting a FREE workshop for families with children suffering from
asthma, between 4 pm and 7:30 pm at the Santa Clara Family Health
Plan’s Family Resource Center. The event will teach children
and parents strategies to better manage the child’s asthma
and create a healthier home environment (learn more about this
event by reading our
Spring PAC Newsletter).
In addition, the coalition will be kicking off a host of other
community outreach activities throughout the month to raise
awareness of the disease.
Read more
In addition,
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for our one-of-a-kind summer Asthma
Camp.
Click here to learn more and stay tuned for
more details!
Breathe California Sponsors AB
2344
 Breathe
California is proud to announce that it is sponsoring AB
2344, a bill introduced by State Assemblymember Jim Beall to
protect funding for vital tobacco control programs. To help the
state curb evasion of the tobacco tax, cigarette and tobacco
retailers currently pay a one-time licensing fee of $100, which
unlike other CA licensing programs includes no annual renewal. As a
result, the licensing program faces a funding shortfall, forcing
the state to divert more than $7 million from Prop. 99, Prop. 10,
the Breast Cancer research fund, and the state’s General
Fund.
AB 2344 would establish a $185 annual renewal of the
retailers’ license fee, raising enough money to fully fund
the licensing program and sending the $7 million shortfall back to
the underfunded tobacco prevention and cessation programs.
Learn more about Breathe
California’s latest legislative effort, including how you can
support this common-sense
bill.
In the
News
· CDC
foresees health risks because of climate change View
Article
·
Genetic
links found for smoker’s risk for addiction, lung
cancer View
Article
Read more lung health news
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Join Us for a
Ride Along the Peninsula
Registration is now open for July 12th's Bike
for Breath!
Donate Your
Car
You can help us fight for clean air by donating your car to Breathe
California
Calendar of
Events
May
5/6
World
Asthma Day
PAC Meeting
Santa Clara Family
Health Plan
San Jose, 4:00 pm
5/12
Better Breathers Club
Avenidas Senior Center
Palo Alto, 1:30 pm
5/15
Bike to Work
Day
Throughout the Bay Area
All Day
5/18
ING
Bay to Breakers 12K
Throughout San
Francisco
Race starts: 8:00 am
5/19
Better Breathers Club
Breathe California office
San Jose, 1:30 pm
5/20 – 5/30
CLASP
Sessions
Sunnyvale Middle
School
Sunnyvale, 10:30
am
5/31
Smokeless
Saturday
Breathe California
office
San Jose, 9:00
am |
