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Pennsylvania Tobacco Tax Increase: WIN for health, WIN for the budget
... Cancer Action Network Phone: (888) 227-6446 Ext. 8601 E-mail: [email protected] Pennsylvania Tobacco Tax Increase: WIN for health, WIN for the budget Harrisburg, PA (Nov. 12, 2015) – More than 9,000 Pennsylvania kids become daily smokers every year and one-third of ... to the tax on cigarettes to reduce all tobacco use and raise additional revenue for the commonwealth. This solution is a triple-win: It’s a health win that will reduce tobacco use and save lives; a financial win that will generate revenue for the state; and a political win that is ... tax increases, which it can easily undermine so that people keep smoking. While the state might still generate some revenue, the health care costs – not to mention the personal toll – from tobacco use will continue to climb as people continue to use. Cigarette tax increases will ...
Patient Advocates Respond to Governor Shapiro Executive Budget
... year. In his budget address, Governor Shapiro proposed to maintain funding for key cancer prevention and detection programs and acknowledged health care costs and price transparency as a continued area of interest, which secured high praise from patient advocates concerned over the role cancer ... plays in limiting Pennsylvanians’ financial mobility. Advocates are hopeful that the budget negotiation process yields progress on additional health care affordability issues, including Pennsylvanians’ access to paid leave, medical debt relief and lifesaving medications. “Concerns ...
Press Release: Great American Smokeout
... is celebrating the American Cancer Society’s 38 th annual Great American Smokeout today, by calling on Pennsylvania Lawmakers to protect the health of Pennsylvania residents by increasing the price of tobacco, making it less accessible to young people and more likely for adults to quit. ... we can make up the gap in funds left by the recent Master Settlement Agreement Arbitration Ruling, save lives, save Medicaid dollars, and reduce health care costs.” Not only is an increase in the price of tobacco critical for the physical health of Pennsylvanians, it’s a fiscally responsible ...
Philadelphia Tobacco Tax Increase Will Save Lives, Protect Kids
... and Governor; Offers Resources to Help Quit September 24, 2014 – Governor Tom Corbett took a major step to save lives and protect public health today by signing a bill creating a $2 per pack tax on cigarettes in Philadelphia. The bill was sent to the governor’s desk yesterday after approval in both the House and the Senate. “Increasing tobacco taxes protects public health by reducing smoking and lowering health spending,” said Diane Phillips, Pennsylvania government relations director for ACS CAN. “We encourage more cities and states to follow Pennsylvania’s lead and consider a tobacco tax increase as a reliable means to reduce health care costs and help save lives. It’s a win for cities and states every way you look at it.” It is estimated that a $2 per pack tax in ...
Advocates Call on Pennsylvania & Governor Shapiro to Strengthen Cancer Prevention, Detection & Treatment for Residents
... of Senate Bill 954 / House Bill 1754. This legislation aims to equip countless Pennsylvanians who have received a cancer diagnosis and their health care providers with critical information about their disease and how to best fight it. “Despite the benefits of biomarker testing in improving patient outcomes and quality of life, health insurance coverage has not kept pace with innovations, coming up short in enabling residents to receive standard of care. Senators Devlin ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Legislative Priorities for 2018 in Pennsylvania
... As lawmakers return to work after the holiday season the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is looking ahead to what public health initiatives can be accomplished in 2018. Pennsylvania has a long way to go when it comes to tobacco control issues. Each year in Pennsylvania 6,000 kids under the age of eighteen become new daily smokers, 22,000 adults die from their own smoking and annual health care costs in Pennsylvania directly caused by smoking are $6.38 billion. ACS CAN has solutions. After the legislature, last year, decided to take ...
College Students Call for Passage of Strong Tobacco Control Legislation
... the American Cancer Society’s 40 th annual Great American Smokeout today by calling on local lawmakers and the governor to protect the health of state residents by passing strong tobacco control legislation. The Society’s advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer ... tobacco products remains the nation’s number one cause of preventable death, killing more than 480,000 Americans and costing $289 billion in health care costs and lost productivity annually. In Pennsylvania, tobacco is responsible for 22,000 deaths each year. ACS CAN is working with the ...
Pennsylvania Cancer Group Continues Push for Tobacco Control Funding During Virtual Week of Action, Apr. 6-10
... volunteers will be asking state lawmakers to preserve $14.7 million for tobacco prevention and cessation funding to lessen the economic and health toll of Big Tobacco in Pennsylvania and help protect the state’s next generation from a lifetime of addiction. Currently, the state ... Seventeen percent of state adults smoke cigarettes, well above the national average; Smoking is estimated to cost nearly $6.4 billion in direct health care costs including more than $2 billion in Medicaid costs annually; More than 1 out of 5 of high school students currently use e-cigarettes. ...
Patient Advocates Applaud Governor’s Proposals Alleviating Pennsylvanians’ Medical Debt & Improving Access to Cancer Prevention Services
HARRISBURG, PA – FEBRUARY 7, 2024 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) joins patient advocates and public health organizations across the state in applauding Governor Shapiro’s proposed 2024-25 Executive Budget, which outlines a $4 million investment ... concerns around medical debt associated with the cost of cancer, 73% reported concern over their ability to pay current or future costs of their care, and 70% noted their worry about incurring medical debt due to their cancer treatment. More recently in 2023, a national poll on the ... from collection agencies. “Cancer patients continue to suffer from a significant financial toll in Pennsylvania. The high cost of cancer care often continues for not only months but even years, which can result in substantial medical debt. No one battling this disease should have to ...
Final State Budget Sustains Support to Reduce Burden of Disease, Yet More Work to Be Done
... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...