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State Legislative Candidates Go on the Record About Health Care at Health Votes Montana Candidate Forums
Missoula, Mont.—Sept. 10, 2018—The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), AARP Montana and Montana Primary Care Association will educate the public and encourage state legislative candidates to publicly state their positions on cancer and other key health care issues throughout the campaign season. Many stakeholders are involved in the health care debate, and often the concerns of patients, consumers and their family caregivers can be underrepresented. Health Votes Montana is a ...
Forums to Focus on Court, State Legislature
The legislative forum is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, AARP Montana and Montana Primary Care Association. All of Great Falls’ candidates for state Legislature were invited to participate in the nonpartisan event in which they can outline positions on issues related to disease prevention and access to affordable health care. (read more...) Forums to Focus on Court, State Legislature ...
Missoula: Health Votes Candidate Forum
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and AARP Montana invite you to attend the Health Votes Montana - 2016. Health Votes Montana is a state legislative candidate forum focused on healthcare issues that are of concern for patients and their family ... a vehicle to learn how legislative candidates view the issues of most concern to them around disease prevention and access to affordable quality care. Each candidate on the ballot for your area is invited to participate. The number of questions each candidate will be allowed to respond to ...
Montana House Snuffs out Cigar Exemption, Sends Clear Message: Clean Air is Not Negotiable
... need to keep our indoor air clean and then take action to keep it that way makes an important statement about the priorities in our state. We care about a healthy future.” State polling shows that 89% of Montana voters across the political spectrum support the Clean Indoor Air Act and ... right to breathe clean, smoke-free air regardless of where they live, work, or play. Nobody should have to choose between a job and long-term health, which is clearly put at greater risk with any exposure to carcinogens. Allowing cigar smoking in enclosed public places in our state would be a step backwards for the health of Montanans. Secondhand smoke from cigars poses significant health risks to people who smoke and those around them. There is simply no way ...
Snuff Out SB 150: Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Keep Smoke out of Montana Smoke-free Law
... right to breathe clean, smoke-free air regardless of where they live, work, or play. Nobody should have to choose between a job and long-term health, which is clearly put at greater risk with any exposure to carcinogens. Allowing cigar smoking in enclosed public places in our state would be a step backwards for the health of Montanans. Secondhand smoke from cigars poses significant health risks to people who smoke and those around them. There is simply no way ... has a negative impact on overall economic activity in a community and contributes to absenteeism, lost productivity and increases in health care costs. The visit was part of ACS CAN’s Cancer Action Day, an event that brought Montanans affected by cancer together to call on the ...
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. ...