DC area gets some failing grades in newest ‘State of Tobacco Control’ report

When it comes to efforts to reduce tobacco use in the D.C. area, there is still some work to be done, according to a new report from the American Lung Association that gave failing grades to parts of the region.

“We still continue to fail across the DMV with regards to funding for state tobacco prevention,” said Dr. Amit “Bobby” Mahajan, chief of interventional pulmonology for the Inova Health System. “Virginia is really where we should start, because Virginia really has a lot of work to...