It is an exciting time for the American Heart Association’s Advocacy Team as the start of the 82nd Legislative Session is finally here. Today lawmakers have convened at the Capitol and will work for the next 140 days on official state business. This is our opportunity to make sure that heart and stroke issues are properly represented.
Will you help make sure heart and stroke prevention is a priority for all Texas decision makers? Click here to email our top priorities to lawmakers today!
Here are a few of the things we will be supporting this year:
1. Smoke-Free Workplaces. All major cities in Texas are now smoke free as are nearly 30 other communities of varying sizes. It’s time we step up and protect all workers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.
2. School Health. We want to restore the PE and Health credits for high school graduation that were lost in 2009 and remove trans-fats from all school meals.
3. Prevention funding. The cheapest way to treat heart disease and stroke is to prevent it in the first place.
However, with the state budget under close scrutiny we can’t afford to cut any CVD prevention programs By taking these steps we can reduce the number 1 and number 3 killers in our state, heart disease and stroke. Since this is the beginning of a more active time of year I hope you will understand the higher volume of emails coming from us in the coming weeks and months.
Thanks for your continued support! Again, you can click here to take action.
Your email will be sent to Comptroller Susan Combs and Health Commissioner David Lakey in addition to your elected officials.
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