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Support tobacco tax increases and tobacco prevention and cessation funding in Louisiana

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death. In Louisiana, 32.7% of cancer deaths are attributable to smoking, and smoking accounts for $2.19 billion annually in direct health care costs.

Latest Updates

April 14, 2025
Louisiana

As lawmakers head into the 2025 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to support legislation that will ease the burden of cancer on Louisianians and enact prevention policies to protect kids from tobacco products and help support those who are trying to quit.

November 15, 2023
Louisiana

Elected officials across the state must do more to support residents of Louisiana who want to quit using tobacco products, say cancer patients, survivors, and advocates who are marking the American Cancer Society’s 48 th annual Great American Smokeout®. The Great American Smokeout is a day for people who use tobacco to create a plan to quit.

May 25, 2023
Louisiana

The Shreveport Council today passed an amendment to undermine the effective and popular smoke-free ordinance to once again allow smoking in casinos, being the first municipality in Louisiana, and in the U.S., to withdraw smoke-free workplace protections from their hardworking constituents. With this move, Louisiana is once again first in the worst of ways and rankings.

May 19, 2022
Louisiana

Senate Bill 92 would undermine employers’ ability to implement protective vaccine requirements. With more than 17,000 Louisianans having died of COVID-19, lawmakers should support workplace safety by encouraging vaccinations – not limiting them.

Louisiana Events

May 7, 2025CST
Baton Rouge, LA

Join us on May 7, 2025 from 10 am - 3 pm at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge for our Cancer Action Day. You will join forces with other volunteers, activists, survivors and caregivers from across the state as we meet with lawmakers about making cancer a state...

State Contacts

Alice Kline
Louisiana Government Relations Director
Valentina Palomino
Bilingual Senior Regional Media Advocacy Manager
Anita Bales
Senior Grassroots Manager

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