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Taking a Stand at the Statehouse
... Statehouse in January. Advocates called on the General Assembly to reduce the impact of cancer in Indiana by expanding access to palliative care and by increasing the price of cigarettes by $1. Through one-on-one meetings with lawmakers, volunteers shared their personal cancer stories ... tobacco taxes, improving the quality of life for cancer patients, prohibit the use of tanning devices for minors and guarantee access to health care and lifesaving cancer screenings. While we advocate throughout the year, often the highlight of each state session will be our Day at the ...
New Surgeon General's Report Calls for Tobacco End Game
... and more than 20 other chronic diseases and the number of tobacco-related illnesses continues to grow. Tobacco use is wreaking havoc on the health of our nation, and today the Surgeon General's report added more diseases, including colorectal and liver cancers, to the list of ... this is it. This morning at a White House event, acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak released the 32 nd Surgeon General's report: The Health Consequences of Smoking - 50 Years of Progress. The report is an important compilation of the more than 50 years of strong scientific data ... 21 million Americans have died prematurely from tobacco use since 1964 and tobacco use costs the economy about $300 billion per year in health care costs and lost productivity. Some people will ask: "Why is this new Surgeon General's report a big deal? We all know smoking is bad for us." ...
World No Tobacco Day: Reducing the Global Tobacco Burden
Today is World No Tobacco Day, an annual event sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) to highlight the significant toll tobacco products continue to have on people's health across the world and to advocate globally for policies that we know will help prevent kids from ever starting to smoke and help current ... use will kill one billion by the end of this century. Tobacco use will continue to cost the world $1 trillion annually in increased health care spending and lost worker productivity. We know what works to prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and to help current adult users quit. ...
Lawmakers Share Their One Degree Stories & Calls to Action
... between ACS CAN and Stand Up To Cancer to save more lives from cancer by increasing medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health by $6 billion over two years, including $1 billion for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This actually represents a ... Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) "Do you know when I passed that bill banning smoking on airplanes back then, at that point 18 percent of medical health care researchers were under the age of 36. Now it's 3 percent. Why? They're giving up. They don't think there is a future in medical research. We ...
Guest Post: On the Front Lines for Our Children
... standards that have already been successfully implemented. Secretary Vilsack's important comments remind us just how crucial it is for the health of our nation for those strong nutrition standards to remain in place. On the Front Lines for Our Children By: Agriculture Secretary Tom ... front lines of the battle to reduce obesity, a known risk factor for many types of cancer, each and every day. The impact of obesity on future health outlooks is shocking. The American Society of Clinical Oncology estimates that one in three cancer deaths in 2012 were related to obesity, ... of childhood obesity are not just a worry for tomorrow. Researchers at Duke University estimate that today, childhood obesity treatment and care costs more than $14 billion per yearcosts that will skyrocket even further as obese children become obese adults. That is why USDA is ...
Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Make Their Voices Heard in DC
... signature blue ACS CAN shirts, they’ll be armed with three specific asks: Increase funding for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health to $36 billion through the appropriations process Advance legislation to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and survivors by expanding access to palliative care services and coordinated care Support legislation that will close a loophole in Medicare that often results in surprise costs for seniors when a polyp is found during a ...
Lobby Day: Hundreds of ACS CAN Advocates Head to Nation’s Capital to Make Cancer a National Priority
... in their signature blue ACS CAN shirts, they’ll be focused on three specific asks: Increase funding for research at the National Institutes of Health by at least $2 billion Advance legislation to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and survivors by expanding access to palliative care services and coordinated care Support legislation that will close a loophole in Medicare that often results in surprise costs for seniors when a polyp is found during a ...
Cancer Center Event Highlights the Devastating Impact of Budget Cuts
... of it. Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert spoke about her work to identify sociocultural, psychological and environmental determinants of minority health and health care. She's using this research to try and develop sustainable interventions for clinics and community centers to improve the health of ...
Bipartisan Opioid Legislation Signed into Law
... The Comprehensive Addictions and Recovery Act (CARA) was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, and underscores the critical public health problem of misuse and abuse of opioid medications. The legislation also includes provisions that acknowledge the legitimate need cancer ... scientific understanding there is of the basic biologic causes of pain. In response to that, the new law directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to intensify research into what causes pain, as well as possible alternatives to opioids for effective pain management. State-based ... task force to review, modify, and update best practices for how pain medication is prescribed to patients. Better informed guidelines and care standards for physicians will help them better understand and treat patients with chronic pain. We applaud Congress for working together to ...
Time to Make Cancer a National Priority
... but cutting critical cancer funding is not the way to do it. We need lawmakers to protect funding for cancer research, prevention, and access to health care. Be sure to watch our new national TV ad which calls on Congress to make cancer a national priority. Time to Make Cancer a National Priority ...