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Public Health Advocates Travel to Lincoln for Tobacco Prevention Day
Lincoln, Neb., – February 21, 2019 – Public health advocates from across the state traveled to the Nebraska State Capitol today to call on the Legislature to prioritize the 2,500 Nebraskans who will die from smoking this year. The visit was part of Tobacco Prevention Day at the Capitol, which brought health advocates together to encourage lawmakers to increase the tax on cigarettes, regulate and tax e-cigarettes and increase funding for tobacco ... importance of healthy lifestyle choices and provide science-based treatment guidelines to healthcare professionals to help them provide quality care to their patients. We also educate lawmakers, policymakers and the public as we advocate for changes to protect and improve the health of our ...
Hearings to Fund Colorectal Screening Program & Raise Tobacco Tax Bookend Day at the Capitol Activities
LINCOLN, Neb. – March 9, 2017 – Cancer survivors, caregivers and health professionals will ask their legislators to put patients and prevention first in a busy week for American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... starts Monday, March 13, in the appropriations committee as ACS CAN volunteer and former Administrator of the Office of Women’s and Men’s Health Kathy Ward testifies to the importance of the Nebraska Colon Cancer Screening Program. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of ... Day at the Capitol and will discuss three bills crucial to the health of Nebraska. LB 323 would establish an advisory council on palliative care and quality of life and start a palliative care education program in Nebraska. This growing field of specialized medical care focuses on ...
Letter in Omaha World Herald: Raise cigarette tax even more
... the state’s cigarette tax. I say, great idea. By increasing taxes on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack, our state could save lives, reduce health care costs and generate much-needed revenue. While lawmakers look for revenue, they should keep in mind that cigarette taxes are one of the most ... receive, even with the projected reductions in smoking due to a tax increase. Taxpayers would also benefit from reductions in smoking-caused health care spending by the government and private sector. My fellow American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteers and I are asking ...
Legislature’s Missed Opportunity To Reduce Smoking, Save Lives
... It would have been a win-win-win for Nebraskans. “Increasing the cigarette tax by a $1.50 per pack would have saved lives, reduced preventable health care costs and raised much needed revenue. It would’ve helped 10,400 adults who smoke quit and would’ve kept 8,000 kids from becoming smokers. It also would’ve saved an estimated $387.17 million in long-term health care costs. And a $1.50 per pack cigarette tax increase would’ve raised over $74 million in reliable, new annual revenue for the state. ...
Nebraska Revenue Committee Bill Fails to Address Tobacco Crisis
... Committee advanced a bill that fails to prioritize reducing Nebraska’s high tobacco burden. The Committee missed an opportunity to improve the health of Nebraskans by reducing tobacco use, leaving out fact-based policies on the leading cause of preventable death in Nebraska. “If Nebraska is going to be serious about improving public health, we need to address the state’s tobacco crisis. In the state, 13% of adults smoke cigarettes and almost 15% of high school students use ... ACS CAN will be advocating for increasing the cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack with a parallel tax on all other tobacco products to reduce health care costs, protect kids, and save lives.” ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS ...
Letter in Omaha World Herald: Higher tobacco tax would save lives
... published in the Omaha World Herald on January 21, 2018. I support increasing the tobacco tax in Nebraska by a significant amount. I am a local health care provider in North Platte, Nebraska, and a volunteer with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. I see firsthand what many don’t understand: that using tobacco can have a lifelong impact on health, happiness and finances. Tobacco is a product that, when used as directed, leads to disease, addiction and death. I have seen the regret ...
Cancer Advocates Prioritize Tobacco Control, Cancer Screenings in Virtual Meetings with Nebraska Senators
... 459, which would increase the cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack. Significantly increasing tobacco taxes is a proven strategy for saving lives and health care dollars, while producing revenue. A $1.50 per pack cigarette tax increase in Nebraska’s cigarette tax is projected to keep 5,200 kids from ... cancer survivor and ACS CAN Nebraska Leadership volunteer. “Those of us who have been touched by cancer are firmly committed to ensure the health and future of our communities are put before Big Tobacco’s interests and bottom line.” Additionally, the group advocated to preserve the ...
Raising cigarette taxes: one of the most effective ways to curb smoking
... some context for the problem: Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. According to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, in Nebraska, an estimated 2,500 people die prematurely as a result of tobacco use each year. In addition, at least 75,000 Nebraskans are suffering from at least one serious smoking-related illness. Nebraskans spend $924 million annually for health care costs caused directly by smoking, and smoking-caused productivity losses in the state exceed $650 million per year. A tax increase of ...