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New Report Shows Most States Can Do More to Provide Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation Coverage through Medicaid

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) provided an updated snapshot of states’ Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation. While progress has been made since the report was last released in 2014, the majority of states continue to miss opportunities to reduce tobacco-related deaths and health care costs by providing inadequate tobacco cessation coverage. The article, titled “State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Treatments and ...

Idaho Falling Short in Enacting Cancer-Fighting Legislation

... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.” How Do You Measure Up? rates states in eight specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to care through Medicaid, access to palliative care, balanced pain control policies, cigarette tax levels, smoke-free laws, funding for tobacco ... year. Passing and implementing the policy recommendations in the report would not only save lives in Idaho, but also save millions in long-term health care costs and in some cases would even generate additional, much-needed revenue. A color-coded system classifies how well a state is doing ...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve $1.00 Cigarette Tax Increase Making the State's Excise Tax Third Highest in the Nation

... the Society’s Director of Government Relations in Massachusetts, “To effectively fight cancer, we need to increase access to quality health care, and put an end to the suffering and disease caused by tobacco.  With passage of this tobacco tax increase, the Governor and the Legislature ... that the tax will generate at least $150 million each year in revenue to support the Massachusetts Commonwealth Care Fund in delivering health insurance for low-income residents, whose smoking rates are more than double that of the general population. Currently, the state spends ...

Proposed Tobacco Tax Increase in President 's Budget Would Save Lives

... and other tobacco products in the FY 2014 budget. A significant increase in the tobacco tax could have a dramatic impact on the public health of our nation by preventing disease and premature deaths and reducing health care costs associated with tobacco use. Raising the price of tobacco products is one of the most effective approaches to encouraging people to quit ...

Report Shows States Can Do More to Provide Access to Tobacco Cessation Services Through Medicaid

... D.C. – February 13, 2020 – A report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) provides an updated snapshot of states’ Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation treatments and therapies. Almost all states continue to miss opportunities to reduce tobacco-related deaths and health care costs as a result of providing inadequate or limited tobacco cessation coverage. The article, titled “State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco ...

Indiana House Budget Fails to Address the State’s Tobacco Crisis

... 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 to be serious about improving public health, we need to address our tobacco crisis. Indiana has the 8th highest adult smoking rate in the US and tobacco use is the leading cause of ... on all other tobacco products and an increase in funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs to $15 million annually to reduce health care costs, protect kids, and save lives.” ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top ...

Nationwide Tobacco Control Efforts Mark Great American Smokeout

... tobacco control policies that are proven to help people quit. Just to name a few: In California, an unprecedented coalition of leading voices in health care will gather at the state Capitol to launch a new campaign to save lives and save taxpayer dollars with a new $2-per-pack increase tobacco tax ... products, since Pennsylvania is the only state in the country that does not tax other tobacco products. In Albany, N.Y., students will join health care advocates to tout a "Smoke Free Generation", which can be possible with strong tobacco control laws. ACS CAN staff in New York City ...

Coalition Praises Legislature’s Cigarette Price Increase

... bill that would implement a $1.50 price increase to each pack of cigarettes sold in Oklahoma, a coalition of leading national, state and local health organizations issued the following statement: “The Legislature has given Oklahoma what it needs to improve health across the state – a meaningful price increase on cigarettes. We hope that Gov. Mary Fallin will move quickly to sign it into law. “This ... raising the price of tobacco decreases the number of youth who start smoking, increases the number of smokers who quit, cuts health care costs, and reduces deaths from lung and other cancers, heart diseases, strokes and other preventable, chronic diseases. “The American Cancer ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Oregon Lawmakers to Support $2 Tobacco Tax Increase

... 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 raise revenue. At a public hearing on April 10 and April 11, cancer advocates will share personal stories and testimony about the ... The revenue from the $2 cigarette tax increase would also be significant, generating nearly $173 million in new annual revenue while reducing health care 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 ...

New Hampshire Virtual Cancer Action Week

... HB 1290, legislation that will study innovative biomarker testing for cancer patients? Biomarker testing is increasingly important for cancer care – and for the treatment of other diseases. Biomarker testing is important step for accessing precision medicine including targeted therapies ... non-academic medical centers are less likely to receive biomarker testing. A study like this will bring together leading experts from across the health care continuum and affords legislators and the public to engage in a public forum on a critical need in our state Vote no on SB 314 - ... and share the link to this page.  Materials: 2022 New Hampshire Priorities Biomarker Testing - Advancing Precision Medicine in Cancer Care Health Equity in Biomarker Testing and Targeted Theraphy     New Hampshire Virtual Cancer Action Week ...

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