American Lung Association 946346 213611439 2008-05-20T01:58:15Z Neutrality 68411 Infobox Organization {{Infobox Organization |name = American Lung Association |image = Americanlung.gif |image_border = |size = 300px |caption = |membership = 32,000 |abbreviation = ALA |formation = 1904 |headquarters = [[New York City]] |leader_title = President/CEO |leader_name = Bernadette A. Toomey |website = [http://www.lungusa.org/ lungusa.org] }} The '''American Lung Association''' ('''ALA''') is a [[non-profit organization]] that "fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on [[asthma]], [[tobacco]] control and [[environmental health]]." The organization was founded in 1904 to fight [[tuberculosis]] as the '''National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis'''. Renamed the '''National Tuberculosis Association''' ('''NTA''') in 1918 and the '''National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association''' in 1968, it adopted its current name in 1973. Its most famous tagline was "It's a matter of life and breath." A modified version of the [[Cross of Lorraine]] serves as a logo for the Lung Association. Its use was suggested in 1902 by Paris physician Gilbert Sersiron as a symbol for the "crusade" against [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbalert.org/about/cross.php|publisher=TB Alert|title=The Cross of Lorraine – a symbol of the anti-TB "crusade"|accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ab.lung.ca/cross.html|title=History of the Double-Barred Cross|publisher=Alberta Lung Association|accessdate=2006-11-18}}</ref> The ALA is funded by contributions from the public, along with gifts and grants from corporations, foundations and government agencies. [[Christmas Seals]] has been an annual fundraising and public awareness program for tuberculosus and lung disease since 1908. The [[president]] and [[chief executive officer]] of the American Lung Association is [[Bernadette A. Toomey]]. ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.lungusa.org/ Official website] {{charity-org-stub}} [[Category:Charities based in the United States]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations]] [[de:American Lung Association]] [[zh:美国肺脏协会]]