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I met with Representative Gianforte and explained that each dollar Congress puts toward cancer research offers hope to the lives of so many. New breakthroughs in treatment and prevention won’t sit idle in labs across the country, instead, they will be delivered to those who need it the most.

Montana is making progress in helping people prevent cancer but still has room to improve, according to a new report . An annual report from the American Cancer Society's "Cancer Action Network" gives the state passing grades for its smoke-free laws in buildings and for increasing access to

Since 2005, Montanans have enjoyed breathing clean air at work and in public. It’s time to further protect citizens and improve public health by protecting them from e-cigarette aerosol. On June 21, the board of health will hear public testimony to consider expanding our smoke-free law to ban e-cigarette use

When the Montana Senate voted this spring for what would have been the state’s first tobacco tax increase in 12 years, Big Tobacco lobbyists swarmed the Capitol in Helena…Within a week the bill was dead, its demise a textbook example of how a well-financed industry can torpedo legislation. Tobacco and

The Montana Senate voted 27-22 Thursday to pass a bill that nearly doubles the state tax on tobacco products and imposes a new tax on e-cigarettes, Senate Bill 354, by Sen. Mary Caferro, D-Helena, now moves to the House. The roll-call showed 10 Republicans joined 17 Democrats

The Montana state Senate Thursday approved a big increase in state tobacco taxes, which supporters said would help fund health-care costs related to smoking while encouraging more people to quit, or not start…