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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…

Tobacco is the only product that when used as directed will kill you. Each year, 1,600 Montanans needlessly die from deadly tobacco products. Nationwide, smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths per year, or roughly one in every five deaths. Furthermore, for every person who dies from smoking, at least 30

Tobacco is the only product that when used as directed will kill you.

As Sen. Jon Tester considers the future of the Affordable Care Act, it’s critical that cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for cancer don’t face any gap in coverage to prevent and treat their disease. American Cancer Society research shows that the uninsured and underinsured are more likely to

This year, 6,070 Montanans will be diagnosed with cancer. Too many of them will suffer needlessly from pain, nausea and other treatment symptoms. Sometimes treating their disease is the focus, and symptoms and side effects are not always addressed, or could be addressed better. Read more here

A big increase in Montana’s tobacco tax – which could total as much as $70 million a year – won approval Tuesday from a Senate committee in the Montana Legislature...SB354, sponsored by Sen. Mary Caferro, D-Helena, would increase Montana’s cigarette tax by $1.50 a pack and impose similar increases for

Do you know anyone who struggled to quit tobacco? Were they able to quit before it killed them? Thankfully, my father was. It took him 40-plus years and many attempts…Sen. Mary Caferro proposed a bill this legislative session to increase the state’s cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack with a

As palliative care providers from across the state, we work with people battling cancer and other chronic diseases every day. We witness firsthand how a serious illness can impact almost every aspect of a person’s daily life. We’re proud to join the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and other

Kalispell doctors are keeping their eyes on a state legislative bill that would set goals for how health facilities provide care to patients with a chronic illness beyond filling their immediate medical needs. House Bill 285 states that people facing complex, chronic health issues that affect their quality of life