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ACS CAN Calls Proposed Tobacco Tax Increases a Missed Opportunity for Public Health
Hartford, CT – The following statement can be attributed to Bryte Johnson, director of government relations in Connecticut for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. “The ... 1,500 kids will become smokers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Public Health. That’s 13 deaths a day at a cost of $230,000 dollars every hour, every day for a tragedy that is entirely preventable yet the response from our state government is to do ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Responds to Final Budget
Hartford, CT – October 26, 2017 – The following statement can be attributed to Bryte Johnson, director of government relations in Connecticut for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “The legislature missed an opportunity to reduce the toll of tobacco on Connecticut by increasing tobacco taxes by an amount that will have little to no positive impact on public health. Small increases ...