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Veto Override of Tobacco 21 Will Save Lives; Health Care Costs

AUGUSTA –  Today, the Maine legislature took steps toward saving lives and protecting kids from a lifetime of addiction by overriding Governor LePage’s veto a measure raising the sales age for all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, to 21 (LD1170). The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds the Maine legislature for their overwhelming bipartisan support of this legislation.  The following statement can be attributed to Hilary Schneider, director of government relations for ACS CAN in Maine: “ACS ...

New Reports: Strong State Tobacco Control Policies Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars in Health Care Costs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 15, 2011 – Two new reports from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released today measure the dramatic health and economic benefits of implementing strong tobacco control policies in the states. The results provide new evidence that comprehensive smoke-free laws and increased ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the percentage of smokers who would be expected to die prematurely from smoking. In estimating the cost savings, the reports use the latest studies and data on the costs of smoking-related disease and the savings to states without the burden of ...

Health Coalition: Defunding Oklahoma’s Tobacco Control Programs Will Prove Costly

OKLAHOMA CITY – A group of leading health organizations Thursday released the following statement in strong opposition to a resolution that would allow the Legislature to ... and ill-advised resolution to shift focus and funding away from tobacco prevention and cessation – a move that will incur a large human cost. Oklahoma voters wisely established these lifesaving programs in 2000 to help prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease, the state’s leading ... for 60 percent of deaths in Oklahoma. “It’s important to remember that there is only one tobacco settlement agreement. The states can’t sue a second time. Oklahoma needs to get this right and spend tobacco-related settlement revenues on programs that break the cycle of ...

ACS CAN's Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Lobby Day

Today is the start of ACS CAN's signature annual event: our Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. We'll be welcoming more than 600 cancer patients, advocates, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district to Washington, D.C. for more than three days of training, events, keynote presentations and meetings with lawmakers. It's one of my favorite events of the year. Tuesday, advocates will ...

Advocates to Gov. Ferguson: Cancer Can’t Be Acceptable Outcome of State Budget-cutting Process

... Wash. -– American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates call on Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson to refuse to allow the long-term health of Washington residents to become collateral damage to the state’s current budget crisis. The state’s cancer prevention programs are one of the ... constituents as possible have access to screening for three of the state’s most prevalent forms of cancer. The following statement can be attributed to Audrey Miller Garcia, Government Relations Director for ACS CAN Washington: “The potential for budget cuts to do serious ... and cessation or the Breast, Cervical, and Colon Screening Program will damage Washington families well beyond their bank accounts. The cost will be the health of our children and lives of our loved ones. This is not political posturing. It’s based in data and is not a possibility ...

Federal Cigarette Tax Increase Would Save $63 Billion in Health Care Costs

... more than $63 billion in long-term health care costs, according to new estimates by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Networkξ (ACS CAN). ACS CAN also estimates that health care cost savings from fewer smoking-related lung cancer cases would total more than $821 million over 10 years. This proposal comes at a time when there is much conversation about how to reduce health care costs, said John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. For every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States, our country spends an ...

CDC Study Finds Smoking Leads to Higher-Than-Expected Health Care Costs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 10, 2014 – The American Journal of Preventive Medicine published two studies today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health showing ... care costs attributable to cigarette smoking are higher than previously reported (nearly $170 billion per year), as well as results on the cost-effectiveness of the first phase of the “Tips from Former Smokers” media campaign. A statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer ... tobacco products, increased tobacco taxes, smoke-free public spaces and workplaces and sustained investment in prevention and cessation.” ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

Tobacco Excise Tax Increases: Save Lives. Reduce Health Care Costs. Generate Revenue.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supports a comprehensive approach to tobacco control that includes significantly increasing excise taxes on all tobacco products to generate revenue, protect kids, and save lives. Significant tobacco tax increases are one of the most effective ways to prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and help adults quit. [i]     [i] U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization. The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control. National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph 21. NIH Publication No. 16-CA-8029A. Bethesda, MD: U.S. ...

ACS CAN Lauds Governor John Hickenlooper's Veto of Senate Bill 18-179

... to permanently extend a three-year tax credit for premium cigars and other tobacco products that a retailer ships or transports to an out-of-state consumer.  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and other members of the Colorado Tobacco-Free Alliance opposed the passage of Senate Bill 18-179. Cigars should be subject to taxation like all other tobacco ...

ACS CAN Challenges Tobacco Giant Altria to Prove Claims of Corporate Responsibility

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 23, 2012 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is challenging Altria Group, Inc., the largest tobacco manufacturer in the country, to provide proof of the company 's claims in recent advertising that it markets its deadly products responsibly, despite the tobacco industry 's decades-long history of deceiving the public. ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, sent a letter today to Altria CEO Martin Barrington ...

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