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Montana Cancer Advocates Host Virtual Week of Action to Prioritize Tobacco Control Efforts During Cancer Prevention Month

... Bill 285 had a hearing yesterday. ACS CAN believes everyone deserves to breathe clean, smoke-free air, and no one should have to risk their health to earn a living. There is no safe level of secondhand smoke exposure, and secondhand smoke from cigars is just as dangerous as cigarette ... smoke. It would overturn 11 existing local smoke-free ordinances that prohibit e-cigarette use wherever smoking is prohibited, jeopardizing the health of nearly 500,000 Montanans and preventing communities from enacting similar policies in the future. Maintain funding for Montana’s ... million annually. Comprehensive, adequately funded tobacco prevention programs reduce tobacco use and related disease, resulting in lower health care costs. By maintaining Montana’s current funding, the state still spends just over 33% of the CDC-recommended level on tobacco prevention. ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Expresses Deep Concern with Biennial Budget

... paid to the state from the tobacco industry, aimed at compensating for disease and death caused by the tobacco industry. A coalition of public health groups in Maine, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Lung Association and the American Heart ... of public policy for Maine and New Hampshire for the American Lung Association of the Northeast “Tobacco use costs Maine $811 million in health care bills each year and approximately $262 million in state Medicaid costs. Tobacco prevention is one of the smartest and most fiscally ...

North Dakota Must Stand Up to Big Tobacco

... quit, and to help prevent kids and young adults from starting to use tobacco.” Tobacco use is one of the primary drivers of cancer-related health disparities. Tobacco companies have specifically targeted communities of color, limited income communities, veterans, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people and youth has caused disproportionate tobacco use among these populations. Achieving health equity relies heavily on eliminating tobacco use. Free resources on quitting tobacco can be found at ND Quits or through the American Cancer ... 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’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

Nearly 10,000 New Yorkers Die from Smoking-Related Cancers

... report underscores our call for the state to bolster - not cut - its support for tobacco control." A recent report by ACS CAN and its public health partners ranked New York 21 st for its diminished tobacco-fighting efforts.  Just a few years ago, New York ranked 5 th in the country.   ... on New York is devastating. More than 25,000 New Yorkers will die this year of smoking-related diseases and more than $8.17 billion is spent on health care costs each year to treat smoking caused illnesses.  Lost wages and productivity due to tobacco use total $6.05 billion a year. Cancer Brief: ...

Presidential Candidates Offer Plans for Defeating Cancer

... just about every time I turn on the TV. And tomorrow night, weŠ—'ll hear the candidates defend their stance on issues such as the economy and health care in their first debate. For the nearly 1.6 million people in America who will hear the words Š—“you have cancerŠ— this year, there is no ... ensure that providing increased federal funding for cancer research becomes a higher national priority? As president, how will you protect the health of cancer patients and ensure that affordable insurance coverage is available to them? As president, what would you do to reduce tobacco ...

Amendment to House Budget Resolution Would Protect Lifesaving Cancer Research Funding

... marked up today in the House Budget Committee would prohibit funding cuts to cancer and other disease research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Following is a statement from Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): ... longstanding commitment to issues that affect the cancer community. As a breast cancer survivor, she has long advocated for access to meaningful health care for all Americans and further research to develop tools and therapies for the cancers where we still don’t have answers.” A recent poll ...

Joining Together to Protect Access to Treatment in Medicare

... ACS CAN will release the results of a new nationwide survey showing how utilization management policies have negatively affected patient care in private insurance and what that could mean for those who receive health coverage through Medicare, should the proposed changes go into effect. Since the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its proposed changes to Medicare Part D drug coverage in November 2018, ACS CAN has led efforts to voice ...

Amicus Brief filed in Rochester Court

... Society has urged a panel of New York state appellate court judges to recognize that the flood of illegal, untaxed cigarette sales is a deadly health hazard as they consider a key tax case. The Society, along with several other health groups, requested permission to submit information regarding the negative public health impact that the sale of untaxed cigarettes has on ... 85,000 children under 18 will try cigarettes for the first time and nearly 21,000 young New Yorkers will become regular, daily smokers · Health care related costs directly caused by smoking will total $8.17 billion in New York · 14 percent of Medicaid expenditures are for smoking-caused ...

New Data: Increasing Price of Tobacco Would Spur Thousands to Quit Smoking, Generate Millions in New Revenue and Save the State Billions of Dollars

... quitting 18,700 premature smoking-caused deaths prevented $103.73 million in new annual revenue for New Jersey $1.44 billion in long-term health care cost savings to New Jersey from adult & youth smoking declines A $1.65 per pack boost would raise the rate to $4.35 per pack. It has been 11 ... Increasing the tax on all other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to parallel the increased cigarette tax would generate additional health and economic benefits for New Jersey. In accordance with the 2017 New Jersey Cigarette Tax Act, 1% of the total revenue generated from the ...

Cancer-Fighting Advocates Mark Great American Smokeout by Calling for Action to Prevent Tobacco Addiction

... and our high school and adult smoking rates are above the national average! ACS CAN says our state leaders must do all they can to protect the health of state residents by passing strong tobacco control legislation. As our battle with COVID-19 continues, we must do everything in our power to keep our communities healthy and safe—which means building strong public health infrastructure including comprehensive tobacco control measures.   As the advocacy affiliate of ACS, the ACS CAN, supports evidence-based ... products remains the nation’s number one cause of preventable death, killing more than 480,000 Americans, and costing $170 billion in health care costs and $151 billion in lost productivity annually. In Pennsylvania, tobacco is responsible for 22,000 deaths each year.     ###    ...

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