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... rates in New Mexico have fallen by 8.5 percentage points from 19.9% to 11.4%, thanks in large part to tobacco prevention and education. Leading health organizations including American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Lung Association, and American Heart Association ... that were promised will likely be dismantled – we have to remember where we came from and the reason these payments are made each year.” Health advocates are urging lawmakers to do what they can in the upcoming legislative session to prevent tobacco-related disease. “New Mexico ... we could expect smoking rates to rebound, as has happened in other states.” Smoking costs New Mexico $844 million each year in direct health care costs. A buck-a-pack increase in the tobacco tax would go a long way to not only reduce tobacco-related healthcare costs, but raise more ...

... Statehouse in January. Advocates called on the General Assembly to reduce the impact of cancer in Indiana by expanding access to palliative care and by increasing the price of cigarettes by $1. Through one-on-one meetings with lawmakers, volunteers shared their personal cancer stories ... tobacco taxes, improving the quality of life for cancer patients, prohibit the use of tanning devices for minors and guarantee access to health care and lifesaving cancer screenings. While we advocate throughout the year, often the highlight of each state session will be our Day at the ...

... Society Cancer Action Network 916 802-4033 [email protected]      Tobacco Users Trying to Quit Ahead of April 1 $2 Tax Increase Health Groups Offer Resources for Californians Wanting to End the Addiction Sacramento, CA – March 31, 2017 – It’s no April Fool’s joke: ... every state that has significantly raised its cigarette tax, pack sales have decreased sharply. According to the US Surgeon General, the World Health Organization and the Institute of Medicine, raising the price of tobacco is the single most effective way to reduce tobacco use.  “Today, ... and education program that has been credited with averting more than a million premature deaths and saving more than $138 billion in health care costs since its inception 28 years ago. Proposition 56 will more than triple this program’s funding, which has been eroding for decades and ...

... at a rate of 53.3 percent of the wholesale price." A higher tobacco tax also has financial benefits. The state spends $258 million annually on health care costs from smoking, including almost $45 million a year in Medicaid costs. A $1 per pack cigarette tax increase is projected to generate about $21 million in new revenue, while saving the state more than $98 million in long-term health care costs as smoking rates decline.  To pledge your support for a $1 cigarette tax increase, contact ACS CAN in Wyoming at ...