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New Report: Oregon Falls Short on Public Policies to Fight Big Tobacco
... several key tobacco control policies. "Oregon has made some great progress over the years in some areas of cancer prevention, access to care and quality of life, but there is still a lot of work left to do with our efforts to combat the constant threat from the tobacco ... Oregon can also increase its state funding for tobacco prevention programs to reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related disease, while lowering health care costs. "Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and every year, 5,500 Oregonians die from smoking," said Friend. "We ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...
Cancer Patients, Survivors, Advocates Urge Legislators To Stop Tobacco Industry From Targeting Kids
... cigarettes and all other flavored products. Big Tobacco continues to use flavors to target its next generation of customers for diminished health outcomes, which leads to countless deaths as well as significant increases in healthcare costs statewide for every Oregonian. "Big Tobacco ... flavored tobacco products." In the 2023 session, a bill supported by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and many other leading health advocacy organizations advanced before a lawmaker walk-out curtailed much of the state’s important business. Disappointingly, similar ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...
Maine, New Jersey and Oregon are latest states to raise their cigarette sales age to 21
... continues to claim too many lives and is the leading cause of preventable death. [Raising the sales age] will not only save lives, but will cut health care costs,” said Brian Shott, the New Jersey Government Relations Director at ACS CAN. In Maine, the state legislature overcame a veto by ...
ACS CAN Oregon Policy Forum: Cancer Prevention and the Fight Against Big Tobacco in Oregon
... roughly 5,500 Oregonians. Tobacco use causes nearly 30% of all cancer deaths. The financial costs of tobacco to the state is substantial through health care costs and lost economic productivity, and the tobacco industry has a sordid history of targeting vulnerable populations, especially children, ...