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The national tagline "Fighting for Air" was introduced in 2010 to emphasize the organization's role in reducing particulate pollution in the atmosphere and in public places. While the Cross of Lorraine was colored red since its adoption, it was changed to blue in 2021.
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serves as the Lung Association's logo. The Paris, France, physician Gilbert Sersiron suggested its use in 1902 as a symbol for the "crusade" against tuberculosis. The double barred cross was originally used in the coat of arms of
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The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis held their ninth annual meeting in Washington, D.C., May 8 and 9, 1913. In attendance were Association President Homer Folks, Honorary Vice President
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In October 2018, the association launched its school-based initiative, "Yoga Power", a program designed to increase awareness of the importance of lung health, at Woodward Elementary School in Delaware, Ohio.
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The NASPT was renamed the National Tuberculosis Association (NTA) in 1918, and then the National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association (NTRDA) in 1968; it adopted its current name in 1973.
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The American Lung Association is a public health organization funded by contributions from individual donors, corporations, foundations and government agency grants. One of its best-known
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is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research.
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In 1919 several hundred Philadelphia school children form a living TB double cross, the logo at the time of the National Tuberculosis Association.
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A History of the National Tuberculosis Association: The Anti-tuberculosis Movement in the United States
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New Branding and Successful Campaign Spotlights How the American Lung Association is "Fighting for Air"
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in early June with all donations going towards the American Lung Association of Illinois. The
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program, which has been an annual fundraising and public awareness tool for tuberculosis and
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Non-profit organization dedicated to preventing lung disease and promoting lung health
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Radio programs produced by the National Tuberculosis Association (1940s-1950s)
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was an honorary vice president from 1905 to 1908; U.S. President
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campaign to raise money for a small TB sanatorium in Delaware.
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American Lung Association of Illinois: News and Information
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An American Lung Association booth at a local 5k race in
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Three royal blue lines with beveled tips, forming a tall cross with two short horizontal bars. The horizontal bars intersect exactly at the midpoint of the vertical, and then half way above that. Beside the cross is the organization name, the American Lung Association
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