West Virginia COPD Coalition

02/23/2023

PROTECT THE KIDS! -- 4,300 West Virginians will lose their lives to smoking each year!? That’s unacceptable. If nothing is done to reduce smoking rates, 47,000 kids in West Virginia, currently under the age of 18, will ultimately die prematurely from smoking.
Will you help us today by sending a quick message to your lawmaker?
It only takes a minute: https://act.fightcancer.org/a/west-virginia-time-running-out

4,300 West Virginians will lose their lives to smoking each year!? That’s unacceptable. If nothing is done to reduce smoking rates, 47,000 kids in West Virginia, currently under the age of 18, will ultimately die prematurely from smoking.

Will you help us today by sending a quick message to your lawmaker?

It only takes a minute: https://act.fightcancer.org/a/west-virginia-time-running-out

01/27/2023

COPD GOLD REPORT UPDATE -- AARC member Mike Hess highlights what you need to know from the 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) Strategy Report. https://bit.ly/3wrKFOp

AARC member Mike Hess highlights what you need to know from the 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) Strategy Report. https://bit.ly/3wrKFOp

01/09/2023

Do you need health coverage for you or your family?
WV Navigator provides FREE health coverage enrollment assistance to people who are uninsured.
Their certified Navigators help people enroll in qualified health plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid, or CHIP for kids.
The program is operated by First Choice Services and is funded by a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

The Health Insurance Marketplace offers options for people to get health insurance who can’t get it through a job, Medicare, Medicaid or another qualifying source. More people than ever will qualify for coverage this year thanks to several rule changes. The Marketplace has a variety of private health insurance policies you can pick from. What you pay depends on your income and most people qualify for plans that start at under $10/month.

For more information on what you qualify for or how to enroll, you can call (304) 356-5834 or visit www.wvnavigator.com

Open Enrollment for 2023 ends on January 15, 2023.

A free, non-profit program that offers enrollment assistance for the Health Insurance Marketplace. Available to any West Virginia resident.

12/14/2022

WV Landlords
List your smoke-free buildings in our WV Smoke Free Housing Registry! Its easy! Visit the Coalition for Tobacco-Free West Virginia website.
https://wvto***cofree.com/

WV Landlords
Listing your smoke-free buildings in our WV Smoke Free Housing Registry is easy! Visit our site
https://wvto***cofree.com/

12/07/2022

Quality healthcare via healthcare.gov is now even more affordable.
--Four out of five enrollees can find plans that cost less than $10 a month.
---The American Lung Association has resources available at lung.org/openenrollment to help people with asthma, COPD and everyone else pick a plan that works for them.

If you or someone you know needs a new plan starting January 1, 2023, they need to sign up on healthcare.gov by December 15, 2022.

Everyone needs access to quality healthcare, especially people with lung cancer and chronic lung diseases.

09/12/2022

In young and middle-aged adults with slightly high blood pressure, adopting the DASH diet would return greater heart health rewards than any other lifestyle change, a simulation study suggests.

08/16/2022

AARC, in partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, would like to introduce new resources that will aid with the respiratory therapist management of . Find it, here: https://bit.ly/3ApPYAJ

08/09/2022

Teens increasingly are turning to ni****ne-loaded gum, lozenges and gummies for a quick rush, a groundbreaking study warns.

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08/06/2022

07/27/2022

"These e-ci******es can only serve to create dependency as early as possible and then increase the number of smokers.... have a very high ni****ne content and hook the consumer into regular use. It is, after all, a product manufactured by ni****ne sellers. ---... no manufacturer can say that these are devices to help quit smoking."

Scientific evidence does not support a role for e-ci******es in eliminating to***co consumption. The Belgian Alliance for a Tobacco-Free Society considers them to be devices for winning new customers.

07/19/2022

ACT NOW!!! -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed rules to remove all menthol ci******es and all flavored ci**rs from the marketplace. The deadline for comments is now days away. We need you to act now. It takes just few seconds to send a message to our elected officials in Washington. Don't let another generation of smokers start! We need to protect our youth from the predatory to***co market -- whose making them addicts for life.

Please tell FDA that you support the menthol and flavored cigarette rules.