HHS Staff Cuts Mean Uneasy Breathing in Black Communities
HHS Staff Cuts Mean Uneasy Breathing in Black Communities Layoffs at Health and Human Services threaten anti-smoking and asthma programs that benefit Black Americans. Sweeping staff cuts announced last week at the federal Department of Health and Human Services have respiratory-health organizations sounding the alarm, warning of fewer resources to treat asthma, fight Big Tobacco, […]
Secondhand Marijuana Exposure is Increasing
As more states legalize marijuana for recreational or medical use, there can be significant implications for current and future smokefree protections. Marijuana, just like other forms of smoking or vaping, is not “safe” compared to breathing clean air. Secondhand marijuana smoke contains hazardous fine particulates and hundreds of chemicals, similar to secondhand tobacco smoke. For […]
The SOL Project Founders Honored as 2025 Sacramento Bee Top 20 Black Change Makers
We are thrilled to announce that Kimberly Bankston-Lee and Twlia Laster, the visionary founders of Saving Our Legacy, African Americans for Smoke-Free Safe Places (The SOL Project), have been named among The Sacramento Bee’s 2025 Top Black Change Makers! Since founding The SOL Project in 2007, Kimberly and Twlia have been unwavering in their mission […]
Compromise or ‘massive loophole’? Sacramento tobacco rules face new scrutiny
Compromise or ‘massive loophole’? Sacramento tobacco rules face new scrutiny Four years ago, city council members carved out an exemption in Sacramento’s tobacco restrictions, offering a workaround for tobacco retailers who agreed to also sell groceries. At the time, the move was billed as a compromise that could help fill in the city’s food deserts. […]
March 2024 | SPRING NEWS & UPDATES from The SOL Project
Click here to see The SOL Project’s full newsletter for the Spring 2024 issue.
November 2023 Special Edition SOL Newsletter
Update and news with The SOL Project Press Conference at Sacramento City Hall, FREE Lung Event, Great American Smokeout, launching of Breaking Free Day movement and more. CLICK HERE to read SOL’s full e-newsletter – November 2023 issue
Resolving MUH Smoking Complaints
Spotlight on submission from Marin LLA & Smoke-Free Marin “Resolving Difficult MUH Smoking Complaints: Applying Esther Schiller’s Complaint Resolution Training” Recently, California lost a major pioneer in the Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing movement: Esther Schiller, who developed systems and ordinances to protect residents of apartments and condos from drifting smoke. Esther was a pioneer in the […]
