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April 2018 State Update

... House Ways and Means committee released its proposed FY2019 budget last week.  Of note to ACS CAN: Funding for the creation of the Office of Health Equity, which ACS CAN has been advocating for since 2007, is included. The office would spearhead efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in Massachusetts. Funding for the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program is flat funded from the current fiscal ... supporting an amendment to increase funding for this important program from $550,000 to $1.5 million over three years. The Pediatric Palliative Care Program is funded at just over $3 million, $400,000 over the funding in the Governor’s proposed budget. The additional funding would ensure ...

CDC's National Education Campaign an Historic Effort to Curb Tobacco Use

WASHINGTON, DC March 15, 2012  The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionäó»s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) this afternoon unveiled a federally-funded campaign aimed at educating the public about the harmful effects of smoking and living with ... CAN). These graphic ads have the power to serve as a wake-up call for smokers and would-be tobacco users about tobaccoäó»s lethal impact on health, and they will serve as a powerful tool to help combat the nationwide tobacco epidemic. An estimated 3,800 kids pick up their first ... adequately funded tobacco control programs reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related disease and thereby reduce tobacco-related health care costs. ACS CAN challenges states to fund tobacco control programs at the CDC-recommended level or above. Currently, states spend only a small ...

New Jersey is taking a giant leap forward in the war against cancer. Here's how

... $5 million for the New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection program in his executive budget proposal, representing a huge win for public health. NJCEED provides under- and uninsured New Jersey residents with access to breast, cervical, prostate and colorectal cancer screenings at no ... suffer and die from preventable disease. New Jersey took another huge step forward in improving residents’ access to lifesaving preventative care when, at the beginning of 2023, the Legislature passed the Colorectal Cancer Screening Cost-Sharing Removal Act. Starting July 1, 2023, no New ...

Great American Smokeout Shines Light on Opportunities for New York Lawmakers to Act to Prevent Smoking-Related Deaths

... 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, ...

Cancer Brief #1: Tobacco Control

... with lung cancer and nearly 9,000 died.   Other tobacco-caused cancers killed thousands more.  Tobacco costs an estimated $8.17 billion in health care expenditures, including $2.7 billion in Medicaid costs.  •    Tobacco control programs have been proven to reduce youth smoking and help ... urban, rural and suburban areas of the state, low income individuals struggle not only with extremely tight finances, but with the financial and health consequences of this powerful addiction as well. Upstate, rural counties tend to have adult smoking rates higher than the statewide average, ...

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, ...

Advocates Set Sights on Cancer Prevention & Detection in 2024, Respond to Governor’s Budget with Avenues to Reduce Cancer Burden in NY

... (ACS CAN) Senior Government Relations Director Michael Davoli: “In 2023, New York State delivered for its residents, prioritizing access to care with the passage of the biomarker testing bill. This legislation will equip countless New Yorkers who have received a cancer diagnosis with ... to programs that provide year-after-year benefits to low-income New Yorkers prohibits our state from achieving sustainable improvements in health equity. ACS CAN urges Governor Hochul to commit to a sustained increase in annual CSP funding equivalent to last year’s increase and forgo ...

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