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USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump wrote a check to donate his second quarter 2019 salary to the office of the Surgeon General&nbsp;to fund an upcoming public health advisory, the White House told USA TODAY.&nbsp;It's his third salary donation to the Department of Health and Human Services.&nbsp;"The President recognizes the important mission of the Surgeon General to protect and improve the health of all Americans, including helping to tackle the opioid epidemic and raise awareness of the dangers of e-cigarette usage among teenagers and children," the White House said in a statement.&nbsp;The $100,000 will be used to fund an upcoming public health advisory, but officials declined to say the subject.&nbsp;When he was running for office, Trump pledged that he wouldn't accept his $400,000 annual presidential salary if elected. But because he has to be paid under law, he has been donating the payment to different ares of the federal government."His decision to donate his salary is a tribute to his compassion, to his patriotism, and to his sense of duty to the American people," said HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley. "He has a sincere interest in public health issues to which HHS is going to devote his donation."&nbsp;Fighting for health:Not a causal relationship:In January, Trump &nbsp;at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.. Although Trump doesn't drink alcohol, the issue is important to him because his brother, Fred, Jr. died of alcoholism-related causes in 1981.&nbsp;Here are the other agencies Trump&nbsp;has donated to in the quarters since he became president:&nbsp;2017&nbsp;Q1: National Park Service&nbsp;Q2: Department of Education&nbsp;Q3: Department of Health and Human Services&nbsp;Q4: Department of Transportation2018Q1: Veteran's AdministrationQ2: Small Business AdministrationQ3: National Institutes of Health&nbsp;Q4: Department of Homeland Security20192019Q1: U.S. Department of Agriculture&nbsp;Q2: HHS/Office of the Surgeon GeneralFeatured Weekly Ad

USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump wrote a check to donate his second quarter 2019 salary to the office of the Surgeon General&nbsp;to fund an upcoming public health advisory, the White House told USA TODAY.&nbsp;It's his third salary donation to the Department of Health and Human Services.&nbsp;"The President recognizes the important mission of the Surgeon General to protect and improve the health of all Americans, including helping to tackle the opioid epidemic and raise awareness of the dangers of e-cigarette usage among teenagers and children," the White House said in a statement.&nbsp;The...

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Jayne O'Donnell is USA TODAY’s healthcare policy reporter. She is also co-founder of the new Urban Health Media Project, which trains high school students in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore to report on health and social issues. An author, TV contributor and freelance writer, Jayne has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and C-Span and been published in Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping and Parents. She has also won several awards for her work, most notably for her 1996 articles in USA TODAY on the dangers air bags posed to children. That reporting prompted many government actions including the “smart" air bags and warning labels in every new vehicle.

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