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ACS CAN Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act and Calls for Ohio to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Policies

... Zimmerman American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: (888) 227-6446 Ext. 8601 E-mail: [email protected]       ACS CAN Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act and Calls for Ohio to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Policies   Columbus, Ohio – December 7, 2016 – Today, ... “The burden of 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 ...

ACS CAN Urges Yes Vote on Basalt's Tobacco Tax Increase on April Ballot

Denver, Colo.– March 14, 2018 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges voters to check ‘yes’ on Basalt’s Ballot Question A in April. The initiative would raise taxes on cigarettes by $2 per pack and ... but that puts a big dent in their profits. The Basalt Town Council is outsmarting the industry by giving its citizens a chance to vote in favor of local tobacco control that will bring both life-savings and cost-savings to Basalt." Last raised in 2005, Colorado’s tobacco tax is one of the lowest in the nation.  At 84 cents per pack, it is ranked 38 ...

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 ...

Kentucky is the Cancer Capital of the Country with More Than 1/3 of the Commonwealth’s Cancer Deaths Tied to Tobacco Use

... by increasing Kentucky’s cigarette tax by $1 or more per pack, with similar increases on other tobacco product taxes.    The visit was part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN’s) annual Day at the Capitol. This year, the event brought together cancer patients, survivors and their families from across the state with health advocates from the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow. As part of the rally, advocates carried and displayed photos of their loved ones who died from tobacco-related cancers.   “Kentucky leads the nation in ...

The Ohio House of Representatives Has Chosen Big Tobacco Over Buckeye Kids

Columbus, OH – May 2, 2017 – This statement can be attributed to Jeff Stephens, director of government relations in Ohio for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “The Ohio House of Representatives (OHR) has chosen Big Tobacco over buckeye kids. OHR passed a budget today that cut the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation ...

ACS CAN Oklahoma Opposes 75-cent Cigarette Tax Increase Proposal

... proposal to raise Oklahoma’s cigarette tax by only 75 cents per pack. Tobacco tax increases, when implemented correctly, decrease the number of youth who start smoking, increase the number of smokers who quit, cut health care costs, and reduce deaths from lung and other cancers, heart diseases, strokes and other preventable, chronic ... of [our] cigarettes in Oklahoma.” But when the tax increase falls under $1, tobacco companies have demonstrated in other states that they can undermine smaller increases with coupons and discounts designed to ensure their most vulnerable customers (children, pregnant women and ...

Tobacco Users Trying to Quit Ahead of April 1 $2 Tax Increase

  Steph McCorkle American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network 916 802-4033 [email protected]      Tobacco Users Trying to Quit Ahead of April 1 $2 Tax Increase Health Groups Offer Resources for Californians Wanting to End the Addiction Sacramento, CA – March 31, 2017 – It’s no April Fool’s joke: Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in California, with an estimated 40,000 Californians dying each year from smoking-related diseases. The new $2 per pack ... the nicotine in e-cigarettes, which are increasing in usage among teens in California. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Lung Association (ALA) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have joined forces to encourage those who are wanting to quit do ...

New Report Shows State Lawmakers Can Do More to Prevent, Reduce Cancer

... solutions to prevent and fight cancer, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality grades states on the strength of evidence-based policies that help to prevent cancer, which kills roughly 1,670 people a day nationwide, forces patients to pay nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket expenses every year and in 2015 cost the country more than $80 billion in direct medical expenditures.  The report, an annual snapshot of key state policies, shows many states ...

Reducing the Toll of Tobacco a Priority for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in 2018

Columbia, SC – January 29, 2018 – As lawmakers dive into the new year the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is looking ahead to what public health initiatives can be accomplished in 2018. South Carolina has a long way to go when it comes to tobacco control issues. Each year in South Carolina 2,500 kids under the age of eighteen become new daily smokers, 7,200 adults die from smoking and annual health care costs in South Carolina directly caused by smoking are $1.9 billion.  Don’t worry, ACS CAN has solutions. A one-time increase in the cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack would save thousands of lives and would raise millions of dollars for the state. The increase would be a win-win for South Carolina. A $1.50 increase would help 37,900 ...

State Tobacco Tax Increases: Explanations and Sources for Projections of New Revenues & Benefits

  STATE TOBACCO TAX INCREASES: EXPLANATIONS AND SOURCES FOR PROJECTIONS OF NEW REVENUES & BENEFITS   The economic model developed jointly by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (TFK), the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), and Economics for Health [1] (housed at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) projects the increase in state revenues, public health benefits, and health care cost savings resulting from increases in state cigarette tax rates. The projections are updated annually. Calculations are based on economic ...

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