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Message from the President Dear Colleagues: This month, the American Legacy Foundation® joins Latinos from coast-to-coast in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, running from September 15 through October 15. Festivals, fairs and parades are among a host of activities filling local calendars, as communities commemorate the anniversaries of independence for Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Read Article ...    Federal Government Concludes Media and Movies Influence Youth Smoking A comprehensive report released last month from the National Cancer Institute - the leading federal agency on cancer research - provides the U.S. government's strongest conclusion to date on the media's powerful and causal effect on tobacco use. Read Article ...    California Tobacco Control Program Saves $86 Billion in Health Care Costs The foundation applauds the California Tobacco Control Program (CTCP) for achieving powerful progress in changing adult smoking behavior - reducing adult smoking and rapidly decreasing health care costs. Read Article ...    truth® and The Rapides Foundation Partner in Tobacco Prevention The foundation's proven-effective truth® youth smoking prevention campaign will extend its advertising campaign to nine parishes in Central Louisiana as part of a partnership with The Rapides Foundation. Read Article ...

Taking Center Stage with the truth® about Tobacco - Jon Carrillo Music plays a huge roll for band frontman and summer truth® tour marketer Jon Carrillo. Sunny Summer for the truth® tour The 9th annual truth® summer tour came to a close August 24 in Irvine, CA, with a final stop on the Tony Hawk BoomBoom HuckJam tour. Community Announcements The American Legacy Foundation is proud to be part of a field of experts in tobacco control and to share recent announcements from other organizations in the public health field.