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New Mexican Health Advocates Request Hearing on Tobacco Tax Increase

SANTA FE -- With just a few days left in the legislative session, a coalition of New Mexican health advocates requests that the tobacco tax increase bill receives a hearing before noon Thursday. The following statement was released today ... diseases remain the world’s and New Mexico’s most preventable cause of illness and death. Further, smoking costs New Mexico $844 million in health care costs each year, including approximately $222.8 million in state Medicaid costs. “Two bills in the Legislature, Senate Bill 25 and House ...

NM Needs High Cigarette Tax Increase to Improve Public Health

... Affairs Committee will consider a proposal by Sen. Clemente Sanchez to increase the state’s cigarette tax by 34 cents per pack.  The public health community – including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Lung Association, American Heart Association, ... the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Keres Consulting – opposes Sen. Sanchez’s proposal because it will not significantly improve the health of New Mexicans.  While we oppose this bill, we do welcome the opportunity this creates to consider how the state’s tobacco tax policy ... than 13,000 current adult smokers quit. In addition to these public health benefits, a $1.50 per pack increase would reduce long-term health care costs in the state by $461.5 million while also generating about $30.7 million in new revenue to address critical needs and save lives in New ...

Alternative Medicaid Financing Proposals Could Jeopardize Cancer Care; Increase States’ Medicaid Costs

... 4, 2017 —States would likely face increased costs and cancer patients and survivors could face delayed preventive, diagnostic and curative care under alternative Medicaid financing models being considered by Congress. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today ... enrollees.” Unlike the current system, fixed federal payments would not adjust automatically to account for increased enrollment, unexpected health emergencies or the cost of new breakthrough treatments. Instead, such financing would shift the cost to states, which would then likely ... grants and per capita caps raise serious issues about Medicaid’s ability to offer low-income Americans quality, affordable and comprehensive health care coverage, particularly for those suffering from cancer,” said Hansen. “We want governors as well as Congress to carefully consider ...

New Mexico Cancer Community Urges Support for Palliative Care Legislation to Improve Patient Quality of Life

...   The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) backs legislation introduced today to highlight the critical need for palliative care programs, a growing field of specialized medical care that improves the quality of life of patients and their families by focusing on relief ... 173 will improve overall patient outcomes in two ways: 1.    Establish a Quality of Life/Palliative Care Advisory Council that is made up of health care experts, patients advocate and family caregivers.  The advisory group’s purpose is to raise awareness, availability and utilization ... about palliative care by creating the Viva la Vida statewide resource clearinghouse to increase awareness among patients, family caregivers and health care providers about palliative care and its benefits. “By supporting quality of life legislation, lawmakers have an opportunity to ensure ...

Cancer Patients and Public Health Advocates from Around New Mexico Rally Legislature with Virtual Tobacco Action Day

ALBUQUERQUE, NM -  Today, state legislators heard from cancer patients, survivors, and public health advocates during New Mexico’s virtual Tobacco Action Day. Even though the advocates could not travel to the capitol this year, they made ... virtual meetings, phone calls and social media.   The event, organized by New Mexico Allied Council on Tobacco (NM ACT) and leading public health groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), drew public health advocates from around the state to urge ... in the first place, including significantly increasing tobacco taxes and strengthening local control of tobacco sales.”  “Annual health care expenditures in New Mexico directly caused by tobacco use are $844 million. Enacting strong tobacco control policies will not only help save ...

Public Health Groups Laud Proposed $1.50 Increase in Tobacco Tax To Protect Kids, Save Lives and Raise Needed Revenue

 Leading public health groups expressed strong support for new legislation unveiled today to raise the state’s cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack and impose an ... $31.66 million from the cigarette tax increase and $10.7 million more from the tax on other tobacco products such as smokeless tobacco.” Health organizations including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association, American Lung Association ... The tobacco tax increase would also prevent 7,300 premature deaths due to smoking and save the state nearly $534 million in long-term health care costs due to smoking. The same poll indicates it is not “politics as usual” when it comes to tobacco taxes. In the impending budget ...

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Ensuring Childhood Cancer Patients Can Survive and Thrive

Each September, ACS CAN joins patients, survivors, caregivers and public health advocates to recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to elevate issues critical to the childhood cancer community. 15,000 children under ... a comprehensive bill that advances childhood cancer research and increases transparency and expertise for research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While these investments in research have led to improved treatments for certain types of childhood cancer, side effects of these ... suffering throughout their lifetime. To improve quality of life for childhood cancer patients and their families, pediatric palliative care can be provided by a coordinated team of doctors, nurses, social workers and child life specialists as a way to manage symptoms, improve ...

Cancer Summit Highlights Outstanding Need to Improve Patient Quality of Life

... feel fully supported. The fifth annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of New Mexico Cancer Summit will bring together leaders in health care, government and business to highlight the need for a Palliative Care Advisory Council comprised of state experts. In 2019, ACS CAN will ... practices. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It's provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals working together with the patient, their family and caregivers. The team works with the patient to control pain and other ...

New Mexico Patient Quality of Life

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses.  It's provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals working together with the ...

Tobacco Control and Prevention

... tobacco and help adult users quit. A $2 increase on cigarettes with an equivalent increase on other tobacco products will have far reaching health benefits including preventing 12,100 New Mexico kids from becoming smokers and preventing 7,700 premature deaths due to smoking. Raising ... the impending budget battle, raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the few options that everyone can agree on.   New Revenues, Public Health Benefits & Cost Savings from a $2 Cigarette Tax Increase in New Mexico   The current state cigarette tax is $2.00 per pack (18th among all states and DC). Annual health care expenditures in New Mexico directly caused by tobacco use are $844 million.   Projected New Annual Revenue from Increasing the Cigarette Tax ...

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