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

... report, an annual snapshot of key state policies, shows many states are falling behind in their efforts to prevent cancer and promote access to health coverage. The report grades states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to health care coverage through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, passage of quality of life (palliative care) policies, implementation of ...

Cancer Action Day on the Hill with ACS CAN Utah

... speakers, and prep time, before meeting (in groups) with our elected officials to share our personal stories and advocate for the issues we care about. This is a great opportunity for anyone who cares about health care issues, from first-timers to seasoned activists. Everything you need will be provided on site! Come hungry and in comfy shoes, we will take ...

ACS CAN Applauds Basalt Voters for Approving a $2 Cigarette Tax Increase

... the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released the following statement: "ACS CAN applauds Basalt voters for putting the health of the community over Big Tobacco profits and passing this lifesaving tobacco tax increase. Making tobacco products significantly more ... from tobacco and help adults quit successfully. Fewer smokers means less people dying from cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses, and lower health care costs overall. "Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, claiming the lives of 5,100 Coloradans each year. Not to mention that ...

$1.50 Tobacco Tax Tops Agenda at Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol

... smoking. The tobacco tax increase would also prevent 7,300 premature deaths due to smoking and save the state nearly $534 million in long-term health care costs due to smoking. “An increase in the tobacco tax is long overdue, especially since New Mexico’s current tax creates a loophole for ... raising the tobacco tax will save lives and money, and it should be a key issue this legislative session.” ACS CAN has joined other leading health organizations in New Mexico including the American Lung Association, American Heart Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to ...

Press Release: Massachusetts advocates praise tobacco tax increase

... Director for Massachusetts.  “The tobacco tax increases included in the transportation finance bill will save lives and reduce long-term health care costs for the Commonwealth.” Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Massachusetts, killing more than 9,000 residents each year while hundreds of thousands more suffer from its health consequences.  Tobacco-related health care expenses annually costs Massachusetts $4.3 billion – 10 percent of all our health care costs. ...

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 ...

Coalition: Governor’s Tobacco Tax Proposals are Good, but Kansas Deserves Better

... by $1 per pack and raise the tax on other tobacco products from 10 percent to 20 percent, a broad coalition of leading national, state and local health organizations issued the following statement: “The governor’s proposal to raise cigarette taxes by $1 per pack is a step in the right ... Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association of Kansas, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, and 17 other health organizations advocate for $1.50-per-pack cigarette tax increase and a parallel increase on other tobacco products. “The tax on other ... to successfully curb the use of all dangerous tobacco products. “Each year, Kansas spends more than $1.1 billion on tobacco-related health-care costs – $237.4 million coming directly from taxpayers through the state Medicaid program. A $1.50 tax increase on all tobacco products would ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Oregonians to Vote Yes on Measure 108

... have an opportunity to save thousands of lives, protect our kids from Big Tobacco and a lifetime of addiction, and help fund critical health care programs at a time when access to care is more important than ever by passing this lifesaving Measure. "Tobacco use is the leading cause of ... from starting—a critical tobacco control strategy at a time when youth e-cigarette use has reached epidemic levels. "According to the Oregon Health Authority, one in four 11th graders have used e-cigarettes and youth e-cigarette use increased nearly 80% in the past two years. Research ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to Maine Lawmakers: the Fight Against Tobacco is Not Over

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), in response to portions of Governor LePage’s biennial budget proposal related to the Department of Health and Human Services: “The toll tobacco takes on Mainers – both in terms of lives lost and economic burden – makes it a problem that ... and exposure to secondhand smoke is responsible for approximately 1 out of every 5 deaths. Further, tobacco use costs Maine $811 million in health care bills each year and approximately $262 million in state Medicaid costs. “Unfortunately, the Governor’s budget fails to address the ways ...

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 ...

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