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Protect Ohioans from Big Tobacco
... its cigarette tax in more than nine years. Ohio's cigarette tax is currently $1.60 per pack, making us 29th among all states and DC. The annual health care expenditures in Ohio directly caused by smoking are $6.56 billion. Urge Ohio lawmakers to increase funding to $20 million for fact-based ... to pass a life-saving $1.50 per pack cigarette tax with a parallel tax on all other tobacco products through the legislature in 2025 to reduce health care costs, protect kids, and save lives. 0 Protect Ohioans from Big Tobacco ...
110 Cancer Patients and Survivors from Around the State Unite
... them have been touched by cancer and will come together to call on lawmakers to listen to their stories and act on their behalf to pass public health policies that will put an end to cancer as we know it. An estimated 68,470 people in Ohio will be diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and nearly ... Therefore, it is imperative that Ohio raise its tax on other tobacco products (OTP) to prevent tobacco use and provide better palliative care, or care that focuses on palliative care - the quality of life - for those who have been diagnosed with cancer. Cancer advocates will ask ... 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 ...
The Ohio House of Representatives Has Chosen Big Tobacco Over Buckeye Kids
... Big Tobacco over buckeye kids. OHR passed a budget today that cut the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program at the Ohio Department of Health by 60 percent from its FY ’17 allocation in the last biennial budget. ACS CAN is shocked that the House took this action. “Decimating ... This money could be used to support the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program as well as other budget shortfalls. “Finally, annual health care costs from smoking exceed $5.6 billion in Ohio and Ohio’s Medicaid program spends $1.72 billion each year to treat smoking-related diseases. ...
Cancer Advocates Storm Ohio Capitol
... Increased Tobacco Taxes, Increased Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Funding, Funding for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Project and Palliative Care. Columbus, OH– April 5, 2017 – Nearly 100 cancer patients, survivors and caregivers from across the state traveled to the State Capitol in ... Quality of Life Advisory Council. “Although we have been working on tobacco issues for many general assembly’s now, tobacco is still the health epidemic that lays in plain sight,” said Jeff Stephens, Ohio government relations director. “The asks our volunteers are making today ... 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 ...
ACS CAN Reacts to House Budget Changes
... addiction to tobacco products," Stephens said. "Moreover, these proven strategies for reducing tobacco use would positively impact the enormous health care costs associated with treating tobacco-related disease." ACS CAN Reacts to House Budget Changes ...
Cancer Patients and Survivors Travel to Columbus to Rally Legislators to Make Cancer a Priority
... Use Cessation and Prevention Program, raising the age of sale for all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21 and providing access to care through the state’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Project. This year, an estimated 67,150 people in Ohio will be diagnosed with cancer and ... Network (ACS CAN) Cancer Action Day event. “As a cancer survivor, I let my lawmakers know if we’re going to eliminate cancer as a major health problem in Ohio, this goal must be top of mind for our legislature,” said Julie Turner, ACS CAN Ohio state lead ambassador. “By reducing ... This investment will allow the state to help prevent kids from starting to use tobacco products and to help people quit, while delivering health and cost-saving benefits to Ohio. Amend Proposal to Increase the Age of Sale for Tobacco to 21 to Protect Youth from Tobacco Discuss ...
Coalition Urges House to Restore Tobacco Tax Increases
... deaths caused by smoking. "Ohio has the eighth highest smoking rate in the country. This year, 20,200 Ohioans will die due to smoking. The health care costs of tobacco use in our state top $5.6 billion per year. Reducing tobacco use in our state needs to be a high priority for our lawmakers. ...
ACS CAN Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act and Calls for Ohio to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Policies
... was the first Midwestern state and the first tobacco-growing state to enact such a ban. “We know that smoke-free laws are good public health policy. The Smoke-Free Workplace Act stimulated a reduction of the adult smoking rate from 2007-2009, and continues to have positive health impacts through increased air quality and reduced emergency room visits for various pulmonary conditions associated with second-hand ... tobacco use in Ohio remains staggering. In 2014, 7,500 cancer deaths were directly attributable to tobacco use and the annual cost to our health care system is $5.64 billion, this all is preventable.” said Stephens. “Ohio lawmakers must respond to the 92 percent of voters that indicate ...