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ACS CAN Lauds Proposed Investment in Tobacco Control Program
HARTFORD – Today lawmakers in the appropriations committee released their proposed budget for the State of Connecticut. After years of zero dollars being allocated for lifesaving tobacco control programs, today’s budget includes $12 million for the Tobacco and Health trust Fund. The following statement can be attributed to Bryte Johnson, Connecticut director of government relations for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): ...
Connecticut House Passes Budget with Historic Tobacco Control Funding
... state Tobacco Control and Health Trust Fund to fund critical tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. This budget investment comes after years of spending no money on tobacco control efforts in the state. The following statement can be attributed to Bryte Johnson, Connecticut government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): "After years of the state investing zero dollars to reduce the devastating toll of tobacco use and protect Connecticut youth from Big Tobacco, ACS CAN is ...
Hartford Courant: It's Time To Raise The Age For Buying Tobacco And E-Cigarettes
Op-Ed by ACS CAN Connecticut Volunteers Dr. Andrew Salner & Jose Ortiz While the financial costs are astounding, the real price we pay from tobacco use is with our health: heart disease, cancer, lung disease — to name only a few of the terrible, life altering diseases that smoking causes directly. Without action to reduce smoking among young people, 56,000 kids now under 18 ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Responds to Final Budget
Hartford, CT – October 26, 2017 – The following statement can be attributed to Bryte Johnson, director of government relations in Connecticut for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “The legislature missed an opportunity to reduce the toll of tobacco on Connecticut by increasing tobacco taxes by an amount that will have little to no positive impact on public health. Small increases ...
Connecticut Lawmakers Must Act to Protect Kids & Adults from Tobacco Industry Influence
... and helping current tobacco users quit in accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s best practices. A coalition of public health groups have joined together to urge the state to dedicate robust and sustainable funds to combat a leading cause of preventable death and disease in the state. The Master Settlement Agreement dollars Connecticut receives and the tobacco taxes the state ... state funds to lifesaving tobacco control programs is not one of these things,” said Bryte Johnson, director of government relations for ACS CAN in Connecticut. “Gov. Lamont’s proposed zero-dollar investment in tobacco control programs is an extremely costly and unnecessary road to ...