The group has databases on tobacco use, tobacco's role in causing disease, and its cost to the health care system, as well as substance abuse data in general. Funding comes from foundation grants. Fran Du Melle, chair. Federal and state legislation and regulation. Composed of the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, and the American Heart Association, the group works to bring tobacco issues to the attention of state officials and the federal government.
Funding comes from the three health organizations.
Katheryn Mulvey, executive director. Campaigns to promote corporate accountablity. A membership group that made its name fighting Nestle's infant formula marketing in the third world. Now looking at marketing that may appeal to children, marketing overseas, and at the giants of the industry themselves, particularly Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco. Also behind a boycott of food products made by tobacco companies.