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Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Cessation Can Help to Address Health Disparities
In 2020, nearly 31 million adults used cigarettes and a disproportionate number of those individuals relied on Medicaid for their health care. [i] Smoking cigarettes significantly increases an individual’s risk to get at least 12 cancers. [ii] The smoking rates for adults on ... 2022;71:397–405. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7111a1 . [ii] Simmons VN, Piñeiro B, Hooper MW, Gray JE, Brandon TH. Tobacco-Related Health Disparities Across the Cancer Care Continuum. Cancer Control. 2016;23(4):434-441. doi:10.1177/107327481602300415. [iii] Cornelius ME, ...
Smoking-Related Cancer Deaths by State, 2020
Cigarette smoking is responsible for 480,000 premature deaths [i] and more than $240 billion in U.S. health care spending annually and nearly $185 billion in lost productivity [ii] , [iii] These numbers do not take into account cancer deaths caused by ... proportion of smoking related cancer deaths – 37.8 percent or or 1,339 adults – caused by cigarette smoking. [i] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of ...
Effective Policies Known to Prevent Tobacco Use and Address Tobacco-Related Disparities
... as much as 40 percent in parts of the South and Appalachia. [iii] Tobacco use has been found to be one of the primary drivers of cancer-related health disparities because its use disproportionately impacts people based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, mental health, income level, education level, and geographic location. [iv] , [v] , [vi] Achieving health equity relies heavily on eliminating tobacco ... use. Our ability to continue to make progress against cancer relies heavily on eliminating the inequities that exist in cancer prevention and care. ACS CAN is pursuing fact-based tobacco control policies at the local, state and federal levels that aim to reduce disparities and improve ...