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Fight Big Tobacco in West Virginia
Impact of Tobacco in West Virginia: The Need to Invest in Tobacco Control to Reduce Taxpayer Costs, Protect Kids, and Save Lives: Health Costs of ... use smokeless tobacco. • 37.8% of cancer deaths are caused by smoking. Economic Costs of Tobacco to West Virginia Smoking is estimated to cost West Virginia $1.17 billion in direct health care costs, including $298.1 million in Medicaid costs annually.v Additionally, smoking costs the ... prevention programs has never been greater. The Solution: Investments in Fact-Based Tobacco Control Programs & Increased Tobacco Taxes ACS CAN urges West Virginia lawmakers to increase funding for the Division of Tobacco Prevention to $16.5 million to prevent kids from starting to use ...
W. Va. Rare Disease Council Appointments Made by Gov. Justice
... about 12,380 West Virginians who will hear the words “you have cancer” this year. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) again thanks to the legislature for passing and Gov. Jim Justice for signing the Rare Disease Advisory Council legislation into law. On ... along with seven others. The council will advise West Virginia state agencies, legislators, and other stakeholders engaged in the treatment of rare diseases, as well as promote the development of and access to effective treatments. Those West Virginians who face rare diseases often face unique challenges, including delays in obtaining a ...