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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 ...

2006 A Banner Year for Tobacco Control Measures to Protect Public Health

... D.C. -- December 13, 2006 -- The year 2006 has been marked by enormous progress in the effort to protect the public from the deadly effects of secondhand smoke. Three states have fully enacted comprehensive smoke-free laws this year, bringing the number of smoke-free states to 18. In addition, more than 100 communities across the country have enacted smoke-free laws in 2006, for a total ofmore than ... for smoke-free laws is strong and getting stronger,” said Daniel E. Smith, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the sister advocacy organization of the American Cancer Society. ACS CAN has led the nationwide movement for clean indoor air by devoting ...

Leading Health Groups Call for Bold Action To End the Tobacco Epidemic In the United States

WASHINGTON, DC - As the United States marks the 50 th anniversary of the first Surgeon General 's Report on Smoking and Health, seven leading public health and medical organizations today called for a new national commitment to end the tobacco epidemic for good. At a press conference today, the organizations called for bold action by all levels of government to achieve three goals: Reduce smoking rates, currently at about 18 percent, to less than 10 percent within 10 years; Protect all ... years; and 3) ultimately eliminate the death and disease caused by tobacco. Over the past 50 years, we have developed proven strategies that can achieve these goals if they are fully and effectively implemented.ξ These strategies include tobacco tax increases, comprehensive smoke-free ...

Leading Health Groups Urge FDA to Finalize Rule Regulating All Tobacco Products by April 2015 and Reject Exemption for Some Cigars

... current restrictions on cigarette marketing to newly-regulated products, including cigars and electronic cigarettes, and prohibiting the use of flavorings that appeal to kids. Today is the close of the period for public comments to the FDA on its proposed rule to assert authority over ... control centers involving nicotine poisoning of children exposed to the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes. The FDA should revise its flawed cost-benefit analysis of the proposed rule that led the agency to vastly underestimate the likely benefits.ξ Among other flaws, the FDA slashed ... Nursing Society Partnership for Prevention Prevention Partners Society for Public Health Education Trust for America's Health The comments can be read at https://www.fightcancer.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/24-Health-Groups-Deeming-Comments.pdf ACS CAN also submitted a ...

"Return On Investment" Rally for Tobacco Prevention Funding Held at Roundhouse

... to bring attention to the need to re-invest in tobacco prevention, education and cessation programs.  Teens and college students were some of the several dozen advocates asking the public to sign dollar bill-shaped petitions urging lawmakers to renew their commitment to funding tobacco prevention in the state of New Mexico. Lawmakers received pictures of New Mexico youth holding signs that say "I am the Return on Investment."   In the final hours of the ... tobacco products including e-cigarettes .   “Right now, 40,000 New Mexico kids alive today will die prematurely from smoking. State lawmakers can change this statistic with fully funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs and increased tobacco taxes,” said ACS CAN New Mexico ...

Big Tobacco Fighting Ballot Initiatives That Would Protect Public Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nov. 1, 2006 -- The tobacco industry is spending upwards of $100 million this election season to oppose ballot initiatives in several states that would protect the public from the deadly effects of tobacco use and secondhand smoke. The initiatives, in states from California to Florida, would establish smoke-free workplaces, raise excise ... executive officer of the American Cancer Society and its sister advocacy organization, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “While the tobacco industry seeks to protect its enormous profits, we seek to save lives.” “Increasing cigarette taxes and funding ...

New Report Highlights Big Tobacco’s Dangerous Attempts to Co-opt Promising Public Health Policies to Serve Their Own Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) annual state-by-state report released today finds a majority of bills introduced in 2019 to combat youth tobacco use by raising the age of sale for tobacco to 21 were co-opted by the tobacco industry. ACS CAN’s 17 th annual How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State ...

New Report: States Continue to Shortchange Tobacco Prevention Programs, But Several Show a Welcome Increase

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Even as tobacco use remains the number one cause of preventable death in the United States and youth e-cigarette use remains at high levels, a new report highlights how too many states continue to shortchange programs designed to prevent kids from using tobacco products and help tobacco users quit. A handful of states, though, have increased funding and set a positive example for other states to follow. The report challenges states to do more to fight ... a quarter (22.2%) of the total funding recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The overall increase in spending can be attributed primarily to five states – Oregon, Maine, Connecticut, Maryland and Oklahoma. Despite these increases, only two states – ...

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