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Montana Cancer Advocates Host Virtual Week of Action to Prioritize Tobacco Control Efforts During Cancer Prevention Month
... Bill 285 had a hearing yesterday. ACS CAN believes everyone deserves to breathe clean, smoke-free air, and no one should have to risk their health to earn a living. There is no safe level of secondhand smoke exposure, and secondhand smoke from cigars is just as dangerous as cigarette ... smoke. It would overturn 11 existing local smoke-free ordinances that prohibit e-cigarette use wherever smoking is prohibited, jeopardizing the health of nearly 500,000 Montanans and preventing communities from enacting similar policies in the future. Maintain funding for Montana’s ... million annually. Comprehensive, adequately funded tobacco prevention programs reduce tobacco use and related disease, resulting in lower health care costs. By maintaining Montana’s current funding, the state still spends just over 33% of the CDC-recommended level on tobacco prevention. ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Calls on Montana's U.S. Senate Candidates to Make Cancer a Priority
... public policy issues that are critical to cancer patients and their families, such as cancer research funding and ensuring access to quality health coverage including for rural populations. WHO: Gov. Steve Bullock, cancer survivors and ACS CAN volunteers from across Montana including: ... Yoder, ACS CAN State Lead Ambassador and caregiver for her aging mother who will share personal experiences with the challenges of rural cancer care. Leah Zins, ACS CAN Congressional Act Lead and cancer survivor who will talk about how having access to Medicaid saved her life and how ...
Lt. Governor Mike Cooney Joins the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network for 6th Annual Hoops, Hops and Hope!
... advocacy programs conducted by ACS CAN, the Society’s advocacy affiliate. The issue theme for the Governor’s Hoops Challenge is access to care through Medicaid expansion, which prevents cancer and saves lives. "I’m honored to be here in support of the American Cancer Society’s ... ACS CAN Montana Government Relations Director Kristin Page-Nei. "Although work requirement exemptions are often available for those with chronic health conditions, the complexity and frequency of the administrative reporting requirements could lead to people losing their Medicaid coverage ...