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Dean's List for Tobacco Policy

American Cancer Society Releases Dean’s List for Tobacco Policy 30 percent of colleges across New York State are getting top marks in a new report from the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The bi-annual Tobacco-Free U: Dean’s List report grades all New York campuses on their tobacco use restrictions. In addition, schools with 100 percent smoke-free or tobacco-free campus rules in place were assessed for compliance with those policies. Thirty percent of schools made the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Tobacco-Free U Dean’s List for having among the ...

Wyoming Tribune Eagle calls for increase in tobacco tax

... Legislature has repeatedly rejected attempts in the past to raise the state’s excise tax on tobacco products. WE BELIEVE: For a variety of reasons, it is important for state legislators to pass a bill to raise the tobacco tax during the 2017 legislative session , which starts Jan. ... natural disaster affected Wyoming, state legislators would find the money to help residents recover. If, God forbid, Wyoming experienced a rash of school shootings, those same legislators would be calling for increased security measures and finding ways to fund them. Yet year after year, ... rate of 60 cents ties it for eighth lowest with Kentucky. Study after study – including this latest one – shows that raising such taxes can save lives, dramatically reduce high tobacco-related health-care costs and generate much-needed revenue. Sadly, that last benefit is where ...

Alabama Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies in 2018

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to 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, Alabama measured up to policy recommendations in just one of the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).   “This 16 th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. We have the power to make a ...

South Carolina Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Policies

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to 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, South Carolina measured up to policy recommendations in just two of the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).   “This 16 th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. We have the power to make a ...

North Carolina Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies in 2018

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to 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, North Carolina measured up to policy recommendations in just two of the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).   “This 16 th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. We have the power to make a ...

USTR Abandons Plan to Protect Tobacco Control Measures under Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement

... trade agreement that would have made it more difficult for tobacco companies to challenge domestic tobacco control measures under the terms of international trade agreements. ξThe U.S. is negotiating the TPP with 11 other countries, with the next round of negotiations scheduled for August 23-30 in Brunei. Previously, USTR in May 2012 had announced it would propose new language to the TPP that ... and regulatory perspective.ξ Our organizations have urged and continue to urge USTR to move forward with this proposal and ensure nations can take effective action to reduce tobacco use, which is the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S. and around the world. Instead, USTR ...

A Decade After FDA Authorized to Regulate Tobacco, the Epidemic Rages On

... Drug Administration (FDA) was given the mandate from Congress to fully regulate the tobacco industry and tasked with the critical responsibility of protecting the health of our nation. And still, the FDA has not fulfilled its mission to reduce the deadly toll of tobacco use, an epidemic that ... death in our nation, and according to a U.S. Surgeon General report, more than 20 million premature deaths over the past half century can be attributed to cigarette use in the U.S. We cannot achieve our mission of ending death and suffering from cancer without significantly ... the FDA has taken deliberate action in the past 10 years to address tobacco addiction, including: Implementing several phases of “The Real Cost” prevention campaign aimed at reducing the number of youth who experiment with cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and, most recently, ...

Great American SmokeoutŒ¬ Underscores Need to Continue Fight Against Tobacco

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- November 15, 2007 -- Today marks the 31st anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout®. For more than three decades, the third Thursday in November has marked a day for highlighting the dangers of tobacco use and the importance of quitting smoking to improve individual health and promote better, safer communities. In recent years the Society and its sister advocacy organization, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), have also used the event to educate Americans about the dangers of secondhand smoke and the importance of tobacco control legislation in ...

Alabama Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to 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, Alabama measured up to policy recommendations in only one of the eight evaluated issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).   The 17 th edition of the report highlights that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer.   “This year alone in ...

SENATE PREPARING FOR VOTE TO RAISE TOBACCO PURCHASING AGE

... lawmakers this session, the Joint Committee on Public Health put together a bill (S 2152) dubbed "An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction" that is now before the Senate Ways and Means Committee and slated to hit the Senate floor in formal session on ... described the bill's three main provisions -- a three-year increase in the age for tobacco sales, a ban on sales in pharmacies and the addition of e-cigarettes to the state's anti-smoking laws -- as "proven strategies for reducing nicotine addiction among young people." "I think we will ... is more important than being seen as a health care institution," Kearney said. "So to them, they're competing with other retailers, and if they can't have a certain product on their shelf that others can, that's a competitive disadvantage to them." Supporters of higher smoking ages say that ...

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