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Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority

... bills. The House Appropriations Committee already passed a bill that includes a $2 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a $300 million increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services will mark-up its funding bill Tuesday. “Thanks to past federal investment in the fight against cancer, research keeps ... will also encourage lawmakers to advance legislation that supports patients’ quality of life by increasing access to palliative or supportive care, which can be provided at any age or stage of illness. They will ask Congress to close a Medicare loophole that often results in surprise ...

Federal Judge 's Order Moves Tobacco Companies Closer to Finally Telling the Truth to the American People

... “deliberately deceived the American public.” The five corrective statements will address the companies’ deceptions regarding 1) the health effects of smoking; 2) the addictiveness of smoking and nicotine; 3) the false advertising of low-tar and light cigarettes as less harmful than regular cigarettes; 4) the designing of cigarettes to enhance the delivery of nicotine; and 5) the health effects of secondhand smoke. Today’s order, which is based on an agreement between the Justice Department, six public health intervenors ... staggering number of deaths per year, an immeasurable amount of human suffering and economic loss, and a profound burden on our national health care system.  Defendants have known many of these facts for at least 50 years or more.  Despite that knowledge, they have consistently, ...

Legislature Presses on with $0 Funding for Youth Tobacco Prevention Despite Budget Surplus

... addictive products. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and costs the state and taxpayers roughly $3.8 billion in annual health care costs. 0 Legislature Presses on with $0 Funding for Youth Tobacco Prevention Despite Budget Surplus ...

Bill would make Mass. a leader against Big Tobacco

... workplace law, increase the legal age for tobacco product purchase from 18 to 21, and prohibit sales of tobacco in facilities that provide health care, such as pharmacies.   When combined with Massachusetts' appropriately strong tobacco taxes and 100 percent smoke-free workplace law, passage ...

Reynolds to Protect Employees From Its Own Products

... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

Cancer-Fighting Advocates Mark the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout® by Calling for Action to Help People Quit Tobacco

... are marking the American Cancer Society's 47th annual Great American Smokeout® Thursday by calling on elected officials to protect the health of all Kentucky residents by investing $10 million in fact-based tobacco prevention and cessation programs. "Nearly 70% of people who ... advocacy 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’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

CDC 's New Round of Anti-Smoking Ads Highlight Colorectal Cancer Link

... based on strong evidence of what anti-smoking messages work best. This lifesaving national effort has been funded by the Prevention and Public Health Fund created under the Affordable Care Act. We are making progress in helping adults quit this deadly addiction, but there is still more work to do with more than 50 million adults ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

Final State Budget Delivers on Cancer Prevention & Detection

... of cancer survivors thank state lawmakers and Governor Shapiro for prioritizing these lifesaving staples of the Commonwealth’s public health infrastructure. Now, we look to the House to build on this work by passing Senate Bill 88 and removing another cost barrier to Pennsylvanian ... advocacy 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, ...

Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Urge Federal Lawmakers to Make Cancer a National Priority

... lawmakers to restore and sustain funding for cancer research and proven prevention and early detection programs, improve access to palliative care as an extra layer of support for those with chronic disease, and increase federal tobacco taxes. The federal government has a critical role to ... to ensure that the fight against cancer remains a top national priority by restoring funding for critical research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute and proven prevention and early detection programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that ... the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy affiliate organization of the American Cancer Society, which is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage lawmakers, candidates and government officials to support laws and policies that will make cancer a top ...

Cancer-Fighting Advocates Mark Great American Smokeout by Calling to Protect the Florida Resources That Have Helped Them Quit

... today by calling attention to the state-funded adult and youth tobacco control prevention programs that have helped them quit and protected the health of Floridians for generations. “As our state’s battle with COVID-19 continues, we must do everything in our power to keep our ... the industry’s grip on Florida is not only crucial to reducing death from tobacco-related disease, but it’s also imperative to reduce health disparities in the state. In Florida alone, Big Tobacco spends more than $608 million marketing its deadly products.” The tobacco ... products remains the nation’s number one cause of preventable death, killing more than 480,000 Americans, and costing $170 billion in health care costs and $151 billion in lost productivity annually. In Florida, tobacco is responsible for 32,300 adult deaths each year. ### About ACS CAN ...

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