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Cancer Advocates Oppose Bill to Fund Cancer Research that Advances Big Tobacco’s Dangerous Agenda
... Tomorrow, the Arkansas House Rules Committee is scheduled to hear House Bill 1565. While this bill’s stated purpose, funding for the pursuit of National Cancer Institute designation for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is laudable, it achieves this aim by undercutting effective tobacco control and implementing Big ... companies to phase in an increase in the age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) opposes this bill because it does not implement evidence based best practices that would reduce tobacco use and lead to lasting cancer ...
Forum Highlights Tobacco’s Deadly Toll on Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Leaders and decision-makers in health care and higher education will gather Friday to take a closer look at the high cost of tobacco in Arkansas, where lung cancer is the deadliest type of the disease. The Arkansas Policy Forum, hosted by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, will examine what steps the state can take to reduce tobacco use, which hasn’t improved at the same rate as the rest of the country. The adult smoking rate in Arkansas is the ...
Arkansas Makes Progress on Some Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... cancer-fighting policies, there is still work to be done prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Arkansas measured up to policy recommendations in in just two of the eight evaluated issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The 17th edition of the report highlights what must be done to reduce suffering and death from cancer. “This year alone in Arkansas, it’s ...