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... Cancer Action Network Government Relations Director Allie Kast INDIANAPOLIS, IN – “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is beyond disappointed that the legislature prioritized Big Tobacco’s profits over the health of Hoosiers. The budget passed by the legislature yesterday does not include a tobacco tax increase or adequate funding for tobacco control. ... all other tobacco products and an increase in funding to $15 million annually for tobacco prevention and cessation programs to ease the burden of cancer for Hoosiers.  “Increasing tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use, especially among kids, and tobacco ...

Our children face two major challenges in America today: Too many children lack access to high-quality early education that can give them a strong start in life, and too many kids still smoke, which puts them on a path to serious disease and premature death. In his budget earlier this year, President Obama proposed a common-sense plan to simultaneously reverse both of these trends, and today, ACS CAN and eight other groups focused on early education and tobacco control released a report touting the significant benefits of this plan. The president's proposal would expand early childhood education across the country with a 94-cent increase in the federal cigarette ...

Increasing the price of a pack of cigarettes is the most effective way to help people quit smoking and keep kids from starting the deadly habit. ThatŠ—'s why IŠ—'m ... adult smokers and prompting more than 15,400 adult smokers in Nevada to quit. This victory did not come easily, and I have the Nevada ACS CAN staff and volunteers to thank for their tireless efforts that were instrumental in getting the $1.00 per pack tax increase passed. While the ... on cigarettes is estimated to be more than $192 million in the first two years. Combined with at least $474 million in long-term health care cost savings from the cigarette tax, the increases are likely to have a tremendous positive impact both on the state budget and for reducing health ...

... a pre-k program for children. The President's 2014 budget proposal would increase the national tax on cigarettes to $1.95 per pack, an increase of 94 cents. It also increases the tax on cigars, smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products. Scientific studies have proven that a significant price increase is one of the most effective ways to prevent children from starting to smoke. A 10 percent increase in the cost of a pack of cigarettes leads to a seven percent decline in smoking rates for children and a four percent decline in overall cigarette ... consumption. In addition, most analyses indicate that nearly 90 percent of adult smokers begin smoking before they turn age 18. So, if we can prevent people from becoming addicted while they're young, it's highly likely they'll never start smoking at all. ACS CAN and our volunteers ...