News Conference via Conference Call: Tobacco Industry Campaign Contributions Report

Source from:  ENCINO, Calif., July 17 (AScribe Newswire) 07/20/2007

The American Lung Association of California today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: News Conference via Conference Call. Topic: Tobacco Industry Campaign Contributions Report WHEN: 12:30 p.m. (Pacific), Thursday, July 19, 2007. To access the call, follow these instructions: - Send an email to Andy Weisser, aweisser@alac.org, to confirm your participation (or name of other reporter at your news outlet). - At 12:20 p.m., the day of the news conference, call 888-208-1814 WHO: American Lung Association of California - Gwendolyn W. Young, board chair, American Lung Association of California. Topic: Purpose of the American Lung Association of California's Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing Tobacco Money in California Politics Report. - Judy Chu, Vice Chair, California State Board of Equalization, 4th District. Topic: The influence of tobacco money in the legislative process and in election campaigns. Chu, who served three terms as a State Assembly Member for the 49th District (2001 to 2006), was targeted by the tobacco industry in her primary election campaign for the Board of Equalization. - Kimberly Weich Reushe, Director and Justin Garrett, Policy Coordinator, American Lung Association of California's Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing. Topic: Tobacco Money in California Politics: Campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures of tobacco interests and historical data on this spending during the past decade. - David Burns, MD, Chair, Tobacco Technical Advisory Group American Lung Association of California. Topic: Tobacco Health Effects, Smokefree Air, and Tobacco Control and Prevention Success in California. 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Reporter questions. Additional available spokesperson: Paul Knepprath, Vice President, Government Relations, American Lung Association of California. Enditem