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Cancer Advocates Detail Policies Necessary to Reach New Cancer Moonshot Goal

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Ahead of the president’s State of the Union Address, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is offering numerous policy suggestions for ways in which the ...

Maine, New Jersey and Oregon are latest states to raise their cigarette sales age to 21

In less than a month, three states – Maine , New Jersey and Oregon – have enacted laws that prohibit the selling of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. Smoking rates have declined in recent years, but the use of cigarettes by children and teens remains unacceptably high. In 2015, 25% of high ... teenage years that most of them will never start smoking later,” said Christopher Friend, the Oregon Government Relations Director at ACS CAN. If the sales age was raised to 21 nationally, it’s estimated there would be 223,000 fewer premature deaths, according to an Institute of ...

CVS Stores Stop Selling Tobacco Oct. 1

Big health news on tobacco! CVS, the nationŠ—Ès second largest pharmacy chain, announced it will stop selling tobacco products at all of its stores on October 1. This announcement is further evidence of the impact ACS CAN and its volunteers are having in the fight against tobacco and cancer. In response to the news, American Cancer Society and ACS CAN CEO Dr. ...

New Surgeon General 's Report Sets Path Forward to End Tobacco Epidemic

ATLANTA) January 17, 2014 The U.S. Surgeon General 's  Report on the Health Consequences of Smoking  released today celebrates progress in reducing tobacco 's toll over the past 50 years and offers a prescription for ending the epidemic of death and disease caused by tobacco products. This new report details how the unscrupulous, unrelenting efforts of the tobacco industry hooked ... and cessation programs and Œæspecific actions such as mandating the reduction of nicotine in tobacco to non-addictive levels. These strategies can help the 70 percent of smokers more than 31 million people who say they want to put their cigarettes and tobacco away forever and quit for ...

Oregon Youth, Cancer Patients, Survivors Urge Legislators To End Flavored, Menthol Tobacco Sales

... American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Oregon Government Relations Director Jane Leo said. “Evidence is clear that the vast majority of kids who use tobacco start with flavored products. This legislation fell short of the finish line in 2023 and left too many kids open to the big marketing budgets of corporate tobacco. SB 702 needs to get done this session.” ... of customers, which leads to countless deaths as well as significant increases in health care costs statewide for every Oregonian. ACS CAN is joined in this call by many state health advocacy organizations as well as the municipal governing bodies of, among others, Oregon City, ...

TOBACCO PURCHASING AGE WOULD RISE TO 21 UNDER SENATE-APPROVED BILL

... cut down youth tobacco use and nicotine addiction. The bill, compiled by the Joint Committee on Public Health based on several separate pieces of legislation, also bans pharmacies and health care institutions from selling tobacco products and prohibits the use of electronic cigarettes in places where smoking is already banned. "This bill is also very meaningful to me," said Sen. Cynthia Creem, a Newton ... on our behalf, wearing the uniform, picking up a gun, doing what they need to do and obeying orders to protect us that, you know what, you can't smoke today," Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry said during debate on the amendment. Opponents of the measure countered that military officials are ...

Tobacco Retail Licensing Program Aiming to Protect Youth from Illegal Tobacco Sales, Curb Tobacco Use Takes Effect Today

... to create a healthier environment for everyone. The tobacco retail licensing program will help reduce tobacco use as well as the heavy burden of tobacco-related diseases, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer,” said Lynda Barbour, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Southern California.  The illegal sale of tobacco products – including all flavored tobacco products – to youth is a significant ... Buchanan High School in Clovis graduating senior and ACS CAN volunteer. The licensing fee paid by tobacco retailers in Clovis will cover the cost of administration and monitoring to ensure that the program is sustainably and equitably enforced. “Strong tobacco policies can help people ...

Comprehensive Action Needed to Put Kids Over Tobacco Interests

Pierre, S.D. – Data from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey show youth use of e-cigarettes in high schools has skyrocketed, with a 135% increase over the past two years. Survey results also show that 27.5% of high school students used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days. Nearly 64% used mint or menthol flavored e-cigarettes, only 2% less than fruit ... more than candy flavors. As lawmakers return for another legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supports efforts to effectively address the e-cigarette epidemic that is affecting the state’s youth. In order to enhance recent federal ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Urge Legislators to Make Biomarker Access a Priority, Eliminate Flavored Tobacco Sales

... Washington gathered at the Capitol building Monday to ask legislators to support House Bill 1062, which would expand insurance coverage of biomarker testing, making sure as many state residents as possible have access to this technology.  Biomarker testing is about identifying the most effective treatment for patients with cancer and other serious illnesses. It can open the door to precision treatments that can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients with many diseases and conditions. Similar legislation has passed in 20 states including California, Texas, Georgia and ...

Advocates Call on Washington Lawmakers to Prioritize Expanding Access to Biomarker Testing

... biomarker testing. Biomarker testing is about identifying the most effective treatment for patients with cancer and other serious illnesses. It can open the door to precision treatments that can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients with many diseases and conditions. Similar legislation has passed in 20 states including California, Texas, Georgia and New ... costs and avoiding potentially life-altering side effects.  It’s notable that biomarker testing is increasingly important to the treatment of conditions outside of the cancer space, like arthritis and other autoimmune conditions, organ and tissue transplant, and rare diseases. Research ...

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