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desktop-bottom-left-corner top-right-corner-mobile"> <div class="global-container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="section-impact-feature bg-dark-txt"> <div class="section-header"> <h2>Our Impact</h2> <p>Our work directly touches more than 20 million individuals each year and supports millions of people with our pioneering model of education, advocacy and research.</p> </div> <div class="section-impact-feature-content"> <div class="stat-story-callout scroll-feature-stat-up"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span class="stat" data-count="90">0</span> <span class="subtitle">CENTS</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>90 cents of every dollar goes to program services</p> <button class="cta-plus-link js-expand-stat">Learn More</button> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-expand" style="display: none;"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span>90</span> <span class="subtitle">CENTS</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>90 cents of every dollar goes to program services</p> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Every donation to the American Lung Association supports those affected by lung disease through our programs and services.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <div class="section-impact-list"> <div class="corner-img"></div> <div class="stat-story-callout scroll-element-up"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span>31</span> <span class="subtitle">THOUSAND</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>31,000+ people receive free support through our Lung HelpLine and Lung Health Navigator programs</p> <button class="cta-plus-link js-expand-stat">Learn More</button> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-expand" style="display: none;"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span>31</span> <span class="subtitle">THOUSAND</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>31,000+ people receive free support through our Lung HelpLine and Lung Health Navigator programs</p> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Each year, more than 31,000 people across the U.S. receive free, individualized guidance and support from our nurses, respiratory therapists and certified tobacco treatment specialists through our toll-free Lung HelpLine, Tobacco Quitline and Lung Health Navigator programs.</p> </div> </div> </div><div class="stat-story-callout scroll-element-up"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span>225</span> <span class="subtitle">MILLION</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>$225 million invested in groundbreaking research since 2000</p> <button class="cta-plus-link js-expand-stat">Learn More</button> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-expand" style="display: none;"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span>225</span> <span class="subtitle">MILLION</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>$225 million invested in groundbreaking research since 2000</p> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>We bring together scientific leaders to advance lifesaving research. These critical investments help to fund scientists to unlock new treatments, therapies and cures for lung disease.</p> </div> </div> </div><div class="stat-story-callout scroll-element-up"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span>70%</span> <span class="subtitle">DECLINE</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>We have seen a 70% drop in young people vaping since 2019</p> <button class="cta-plus-link js-expand-stat">Learn More</button> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-expand" style="display: none;"> <div class="large-feature-txt extra-bold"> <span>70%</span> <span class="subtitle">DECLINE</span> </div> <div class="stat-story-callout-description"> <p>We have seen a 70% drop in young people vaping since 2019</p> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>In 2019, 6 million young people were vaping. Today, due in part to our advocacy, education initiatives and public awareness campaigns like "Get Your Head Out of the Cloud," that number has dropped down to 1.6 million. 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