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ACS CAN's 2021 New Mexico Cancer Summit

... New Mexico Cancer Summit, a premier event that brings together key leaders and decision-makers in business, education, medical research, cancer care, government, and health policy. This year we are pleased to announce that Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury will be our featured speaker. The 2021 NM Cancer Summit will examine efforts in New Mexico to approach cancer policy through a health equity lens. This event will convene key stakeholders in New Mexico to capture the latest and best thinking about the importance of public ...

New Mexico Advocates Rally in Support of Cancer Prevention Initiatives

... quitting. It also would generate approximately $30.74 million in new revenue for the state while saving New Mexico $461.51 million in long-term health care cost savings from smoking declines. The World Health Organization classifies indoor tanning devices as “carcinogenic to humans,” the same category as tobacco and asbestos. Using an indoor ...

Cancer Survivors Thank New Mexico State Lawmakers for Passing Biomarker Testing Bill

... the signature of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, the bill will expand access to biomarker testing statewide, helping to revolutionize cancer care in New Mexico.  In 2023, more than 11,000 New Mexicans are projected to be diagnosed with cancer and, of those, nearly 3,000 are expected to ... in cancer outcomes by race, ethnicity, income, and geography could increase. Biomarker testing has become a game-changing part of cancer care in recent years as it’s a necessary first step in opening the door to targeted treatments that can lead to survivorship and quality of life. ... are historically marginalized – are being left behind.   “My colleagues in the New Mexico State Legislature have taken a major step toward health equity and improving access to personalized medicine in our state,” said Rep. Joy Garratt, co-sponsor of HB73 and ovarian cancer survivor. ...

Cancer report shows New Mexico falling short

... increasing the state tobacco tax in New Mexico. A $1 tobacco tax increase would raise $33 million in revenue annually, help reduce state health care costs by $6.2 million over five years, and save an estimated 5,100 lives. Smoking costs New Mexico $844 million each year in direct health care costs. The proposed tax includes all tobacco products, including hookah and electronic cigarettes, which youth are using at an ...

Key Vote Today on $1.50 Tobacco Tax to Protect Kids, Save Lives and Raise Revenue

... tax on other tobacco products including cigars, smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes is gaining support and not just from public health groups. More than 20 organizations now support the tobacco tax increase ( see full list here ). Health organizations including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association, American Lung Association ... The tobacco tax increase would also prevent 7,300 premature deaths due to smoking and save the state nearly $534 million in long-term health care costs due to smoking. At current rates, an estimated 40,000 New Mexico kids alive today will die prematurely from smoking,” said ACS CAN New ...

State Funding Shortfall Shouldn't be Fixed by Breaking Promises to Our Kids

... rates in New Mexico have fallen by 8.5 percentage points from 19.9% to 11.4%, thanks in large part to tobacco prevention and education. Leading health organizations including American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Lung Association, and American Heart Association ... that were promised will likely be dismantled – we have to remember where we came from and the reason these payments are made each year.” Health advocates are urging lawmakers to do what they can in the upcoming legislative session to prevent tobacco-related disease. “New Mexico ... we could expect smoking rates to rebound, as has happened in other states.” Smoking costs New Mexico $844 million each year in direct health care costs. A buck-a-pack increase in the tobacco tax would go a long way to not only reduce tobacco-related healthcare costs, but raise more ...

New Mexico Lawmakers Examine Ways to Address State's Tobacco Burden

... Elections and Indian Affairs Committee hearing on Friday, February 22.   “New Mexico’s biggest opportunity to save lives and reduce health care costs continues to be implementing evidenced-based solutions which help reduce the use of tobacco products,” said Sandra Adondakis, ... enrollees with access to individual, group and telephone counseling as well as all seven FDA -approved cessation products can help reduce the health care burden caused by tobacco. At Friday’s House State Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee hearing, ACS CAN will be on hand ...

Broken Promises Report Shows Kids in New Mexico Hurt Following Raiding of Tobacco Settlement Fund

... still smoke, and 1,000 kids become regular smokers each year. Tobacco use claims 2,600 New Mexico lives and costs the state $844 million in health care bills annually. In the final hours of this year’s special session, New Mexico lawmakers broke a promise to protect future generations from ... products including e-cigarettes.  The new revenue could be used to increase prevention and education funding, which in the long-run will save health care costs and lives. An estimated 40,000 New Mexico kids alive today will die prematurely from smoking. State lawmakers can change this ...

Santa Fe Family to Urge Congress to Fully Fund Bipartisan STAR Act

... will be joined in Washington by her older daughter Liesl, who was just 5 when her sister died. She is now 20 years old and majoring in public health. The Gonzales’s will join more than 200 other cancer patients, survivors and family members in the nation’s capital for Childhood Cancer ... CAN is a member. Participants will ask lawmakers to fully fund the STAR Act, continue to make strong investments in the National Institutes for Health and the National Cancer Institute to help advance discoveries in the fight against childhood cancer, and to pass the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) to advance the quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families. An ...

New Mexico Lawmakers Must Reinvest in Programs that Prevent Tobacco Use

... from deadly tobacco addiction by draining the $220 million Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund to fix the state budget crisis.  Now, leading health organizations including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association and American Lung ... tax to save lives, save healthcare costs and generate revenue.”   Without tobacco prevention programs, New Mexicans’ public and fiscal health will suffer. Additionally, a $1 cigarette tax increase with an equivalent tax on other tobacco products would raise $33 million in revenue annually, reduce health care costs to the state Medicaid program by $6.1 million over five years, and save an estimated 5,100 lives.   About the American Cancer Society ...

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