Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

The West Virginia House introduced a budget that fails to prioritize reducing West Virginia’s high tobacco burden.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – “Yesterday, the Indiana House passed a budget that fails to prioritize reducing Indiana’s high tobacco burden. State representatives missed an opportunity to improve Hoosier health by reducing tobacco use, leaving out fact-based policies on the leading cause of preventable death in Indiana. “If Indiana is going

Earlier this week, Governor Lamont gave his annual state budget address which proposed to slash funding to many life-saving cancer prevention and control programs, including a 50% cut over the next two years to the state’s Tobacco Health and Trust Fund (CTHTF).

COLUMBIA, SC – February 7, 2022 – At the pressure of Big Tobacco and its allies, lawmakers are once again moving quickly with a proposal that would endanger the health of our children by taking away the freedom of cities and counties to pass policies stronger than the state law

American Cancer Society and ACS CAN statement on one-year anniversary of reignition of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative.

BOISE, IDAHO - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) hosted a legislative breakfast this morning at the Idaho State Capitol. ACS CAN volunteers, including cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers advocated for policies and appropriations to reduce the toll tobacco is taking on Idahoans. Volunteers met with lawmakers,

NASHVILLE, TN – January 24, 2022 – Even as tobacco use remains the number one cause of preventable death in the United States and youth e-cigarette use remains at high levels, a new report highlights how too many states continue to shortchange programs designed to prevent kids

Recently, Sen. Tom Takubo introduced legislation, Senate Bill 84, to increase the tax on cigarettes and all other tobacco products while investing a portion of the revenue in fact-based tobacco prevention and cessation programs. This is an important step towards a cleaner, safer, healthier West Virginia that will help kids break the cycle of addiction and tobacco-related disease.