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... still smoke, and 1,000 kids become regular smokers each year. Tobacco use claims 2,600 New Mexico lives and costs the state $844 million in health care bills annually. In the final hours of this year’s special session, New Mexico lawmakers broke a promise to protect future generations from ... products including e-cigarettes.  The new revenue could be used to increase prevention and education funding, which in the long-run will save health care costs and lives. An estimated 40,000 New Mexico kids alive today will die prematurely from smoking. State lawmakers can change this ...

... expected to prompt more than 65,600 adult smokers in Pennsylvania to quit, all while saving the state an estimated $2.19 billion in long-term health care costs. "Additionally, the state's decision to join the rest of the country in finally taxing other tobacco products such as smokeless and roll-your-own tobacco was long overdue. However, Pennsylvania lawmakers missed an opportunity to fully protect residents from the health harms of tobacco by introducing the tax as a weight-based tax on smokeless and roll-your-own tobacco and not taxing cigars. These products, ...

... funding for tobacco control nearly in half. Furthermore, language was included that will remove control from local governments to protect the health of their residents. Now was not the time for our state lawmakers to do Big Tobacco’s dirty work for them.  “The American Cancer Society ... youth by vetoing language that takes away local governments' rights to pass laws stronger than the state law that are proven to promote good health and well-being.” ### About ACS CAN    The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) advocates for evidence-based public ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...

... to pick up these products in the first place. Exempting menthol products is a nod to tobacco industry’s bottom line at the expense of public health .” “In addition to tightening loopholes in this policy, there’s more lawmakers can do to protect our communities from the tobacco ... we need the legislature to increase funding for tobacco control. These programs provide necessary resources to educate the public on the health effects of all tobacco products and to provide support and help for those who are struggling to quit.”   ACS CAN remains committed to ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...