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Jane Leo to Serve as ACS CAN Oregon Government Relations Director
SALEM, Oregon —— Jane Leo has been named the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Government Relations Director for Oregon. She will lead ACS CAN’s efforts to advance legislation and public policies to reduce the cancer burden, specifically ending the sale of flavored and menthol tobacco in her home state. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to fight for every Oregonian impacted by cancer,” Leo said. “Tobacco use has cost Oregon too many lives and too much money; stopping the next generation from ever starting is one of the most important things we can do to ...
ACS CAN Oregon Policy Forum: Cancer Prevention and the Fight Against Big Tobacco in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. —Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, and this year tobacco use will kill roughly 5,500 Oregonians. Tobacco use causes nearly 30% of all cancer deaths. The financial costs of tobacco to the state is substantial through health care costs and lost economic productivity, and the ... For more information, visit: https://www.fightcancer.org/events/2019-oregon-healthcare-policy-forum-luncheon . WHAT: ACS CAN Oregon Cancer Policy Luncheon WHEN: Friday, October 25, 2019; 11:30 a.m. registration; Noon – 1 p.m. ...
Voter-Passed Cigarette and E-cigarette Tax Increases Takes Effect January 1 in Oregon
... first time in Oregon, after voters overwhelming approved Measure 108 in November 2020. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was one of the leading health organizations working as part of the Yes on 108 campaign to pass Measure 108. Oregon’s cigarette tax will now be $3.33 per pack, the sixth highest in the nation and the ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Oregon Lawmakers to Support $2 Tobacco Tax Increase
SALEM, Ore.— The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges Oregon lawmakers to support a proposed tobacco tax increase that will help reduce tobacco use, save lives, lower health care costs and ... revenue. At a public hearing on April 10 and April 11, cancer advocates will share personal stories and testimony about the devastating impact of tobacco use on their families, including losing fathers and other loved ones from tobacco-related cancers. Lawmakers are considering House Bill ... costs. In fact, as smoking rates decrease from a $2 cigarette tax increase, the state would see about $1.02 billion in long-term health care cost savings. "Oregon’s current cigarette tax is ranked 32 nd in the nation and falls below the national average," Friend added. "We also ...
Oregon Senates Passes Legislation to Raise Tobacco Sales Age to 21
Salem, OR – March 20, 2017— The Tobacco 21 For Oregon coalition, led by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association, American Lung Association and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), applauds the Oregon Senate for passing ... House. “I ran for office to make Oregon the healthiest state in the nation, and I am proud to stand with my colleagues in passing SB 754 out of the Senate today with bipartisan support,” said Sen. Steiner Hayward. “This bill will decrease youth smoking rates, decrease tobacco-related ... diseases and health care costs, and will improve public health. This is good policy for Oregonians.” Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Oregon, claiming the lives of roughly 5,500 Oregonians yearly. Each year, 1,800 Oregon kids become new daily smokers, and ...
New Report: Oregon Gets Mixed Results on Public Policies to Fight Cancer
... legislation to prevent and reduce cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The annual "How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality" finds Oregon meets the benchmark in four categories and falls short in just one area. However, the state has room to improve in several key areas of tobacco control, specifically increasing its cigarette tax rate. "Right now, Oregon’s cigarette tax rate is below the national average, which ... schools and communities," said Christopher Friend, ACS CAN Oregon government relations director. "Given that tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, we must do everything to help people quit and make sure young people don’t get addicted in the first place. We can do much ...
Maine, New Jersey and Oregon are latest states to raise their cigarette sales age to 21
In less than a month, three states – Maine , New Jersey and Oregon – have enacted laws that prohibit the selling of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. Smoking rates have declined in recent years, but the use of cigarettes by children and teens remains unacceptably high. In 2015, 25% of high ... teenage years that most of them will never start smoking later,” said Christopher Friend, the Oregon Government Relations Director at ACS CAN. If the sales age was raised to 21 nationally, it’s estimated there would be 223,000 fewer premature deaths, according to an Institute of ...
Oregon House Passes Bill to Raise State's Tobacco Sales Age to 21
Salem, Ore.– July 6, 2017— Today, the Oregon House took steps to save lives by protecting kids from a lifetime of addiction when it passed Senate Bill 754 to raise Oregon’s sales age for all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, to 21. The ... Governor Kate Brown’s desk. Governor Brown has expressed support for the bill and is expected to sign it. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, claiming the lives of 5,500 Oregonians each year. Tobacco use also causes roughly 28 percent of all cancer deaths in the state. Unless we can reduce the number of young people who start smoking, 68,000 Oregon kids alive today will die early from a tobacco-related disease. The ...
Oregon Youth, Cancer Patients, Survivors Urge Legislators To End Flavored, Menthol Tobacco Sales
... American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Oregon Government Relations Director Jane Leo said. “Evidence is clear that the vast majority of kids who use tobacco start with flavored products. This legislation fell short of the finish line in 2023 and left too many kids open to the big marketing budgets of corporate tobacco. SB 702 needs to get done this session.” ... of customers, which leads to countless deaths as well as significant increases in health care costs statewide for every Oregonian. ACS CAN is joined in this call by many state health advocacy organizations as well as the municipal governing bodies of, among others, Oregon City, ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Oregonians to Vote Yes on Measure 108
PORTLAND, Ore.— As ballots are mailed out today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges Oregonians to vote yes on Measure 108. Measure 108 will raise the state’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack and tax e-cigarettes for the first time in Oregon. Jamie Dunphy, Oregon government relations director for ACS CAN, released the following statement in support of Measure 108: "Oregonians have an opportunity to save thousands of lives, protect our kids from Big Tobacco and a lifetime of addiction, and help fund critical health care programs at a time when access to care ...