Learn how you can make tobacco history through our latest $4M Call for Proposals
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Why we must turn up the heat on tobacco

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Tobacco discriminates.

Tobacco products disproportionately harm people of color, people with lower incomes, and people living in rural areas—especially in the South and Midwest.

We've come a long way in reducing tobacco use, but we can save millions of lives and advance health equity by doing even more.

Learn how you can help through our latest $4M Call for Proposals >

Rents are rising. Wages are not.

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Housing costs in America remain unacceptably high, and this is bad for our nation's health. In many communities, housing costs have outpaced local incomes. As more people experience the burden of severe housing costs, there are more children in poverty, more people who don't know where their next meal will come from, and more people in poor health.

Read how housing is linked to health and equity in the 2019 Annual Message >

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