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Ending the sale of Menthol in Cigarettes and Flavors in Cigars Key to Achieving Cancer Moonshot Goals

... services, advance research, and advocate for evidence-based public policies designed to reduce pain and suffering due to cancer and reduce health care disparities. The elimination of menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes is one of the most important public policy actions this ... millions of cancer patients, survivors and caregivers tell White House that finalizing rules will save lives and leave a lasting public health legacy Ending the sale of Menthol in Cigarettes and Flavors in Cigars Key to Achieving Cancer Moonshot Goals ...

Nebraska Legislature Must Address Tobacco Crisis

... and will continue to advocate for increasing the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack with a parallel tax on all other tobacco products to reduce health care costs, protect kids and save lives.”  0 Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on Nebraskans   Nebraska Legislature Must Address ...

Maine, New Jersey and Oregon are latest states to raise their cigarette sales age to 21

... continues to claim too many lives and is the leading cause of preventable death. [Raising the sales age] will not only save lives, but will cut health care costs,” said Brian Shott, the New Jersey Government Relations Director at ACS CAN. In Maine, the state legislature overcame a veto by ...

ACS CAN Massachusetts Priority Bills Filed

... going out to lawmakers! Here are the bill names, current bill numbers, and lead legislative sponsors for each of our bills: An Act empowering health care consumers - SD 8 - Sen. Brendan Crighton & HD 1505 – Rep. Jen Benson An Act regulating flavored tobacco products - SD 905 – Sen. John ...

Pennsylvania Cancer Group Continues Push for Tobacco Control Funding During Virtual Week of Action, Apr. 6-10

... volunteers will be asking state lawmakers to preserve $14.7 million for tobacco prevention and cessation funding to lessen the economic and health toll of Big Tobacco in Pennsylvania and help protect the state’s next generation from a lifetime of addiction. Currently, the state ... Seventeen percent of state adults smoke cigarettes, well above the national average; Smoking is estimated to cost nearly $6.4 billion in direct health care costs including more than $2 billion in Medicaid costs annually; More than 1 out of 5 of high school students currently use e-cigarettes.   ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Networks Calls for Action in Alabama to Help People Quit Tobacco

... survivors are marking the American Cancer Society's 47 th annual Great American Smokeout® today by calling on state officials to protect the health of Alabama residents by investing in the state’s tobacco cessation program to support adults who wish to quit.   “Nearly 70% of people ... It should be noted that the damage tobacco inflicts upon our state is not limited to death and disease. In Alabama alone, annual health care costs related to smoking last year totaled an overwhelming $2.19 billion.  “As Big Tobacco has been working hard to addict future ...

Impressive Results from CDC 's Tips from Former Smokers Campaign Show Power of National Anti-Tobacco Education Efforts

... 's unscrupulous efforts to addict new users and prevent existing users from trying to quit. Funded primarily by the Prevention and Public Health Fund established under the Affordable Care Act, the results of the campaign show the overall value of large public education efforts in the fight to combat tobacco use. The fact that, ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.ξ ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary ...

Broken Promises Report Shows Kids in New Mexico Hurt Following Raiding of Tobacco Settlement Fund

... 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 ...

Fifteen Years after Tobacco Settlement, Report Finds Most States Continue to Shortchange Prevention Programs

... of the money on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a report released today by a coalition of public health organizations . States are being penny-wise and pound-foolish in shortchanging tobacco prevention and cessation program despite conclusive ... use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 Americans and costing the nation $96 billion in health care bills each year. Key findings of the report include: Over the past 15 years, the states have received $390.8 billion in tobacco-generated ...

Pennsylvania Tobacco Tax Increase Will Reduce Suffering and Death from Cancer

... 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, ...

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