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National Report: Missouri Ranks 50th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
... country in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The report challenges states to do more by shining the spotlight on Florida, which has cut its high school smoking ... key findings for Missouri include: Missouri is spending $70,788 this year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 0.1 percent of the $72.9 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Missouri will collect $231.2 million in this year from ... costing the nation at least $289 billion in health care bills and lost productivity each year. The full report and Missouri-specific information can be found at: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/microsites/statereport2015/missouri.html National Report: Missouri Ranks 50th in Protecting Kids ...
Cancer Survivors Call for Missouri to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Legislation
... to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Legislation JEFFERSON CITY, MO – November 20, 2014 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is celebrating the American Cancer Society’s 39 th annual Great American Smokeout today by calling on state lawmakers to protect the health of Missouri residents by passing proven tobacco control legislation. This includes comprehensive smoke-free workplace laws and increasing state funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs. Currently, ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, in Missouri is working with leading health organizations to secure funding for the state’s Quit Line and other ...
More Than 100 Volunteers Will Ask Legislature to Prioritize Cancer Prevention
... in health care bills each year, but the state ranks 50 th in the nation in spending for tobacco cessation and prevention. With 63 percent of Missouri’s adults intending to quit in the next six months, woefully underfunded programs such as the Missouri Tobacco Quitline are in high ... Day at the Capitol will ask lawmakers to maintain general revenue funding for tobacco cessation in House Bill 10 through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Volunteers will also ask legislators to continue to support Show-Me Healthy Women. Now in its 25 th year, this state ... to Missouri’s low-income, uninsured and other medically underserved women. Nearly 90,000 women in the state qualify for this program. For ACS CAN volunteers Allison Johnson and Keith Whittemore, this day is personal: Johnson was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma at age 19 while at the ...