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2017 Donald H. Gemson Cancer Research & Public Policy Breakfast
... Award Recipient Honorable Andrew Cuomo, Governor, New York Featuring Kathleen Scotto, Ph.D Vice Chancellor of Research, Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences; Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Professor of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Member, Rutgers ... such as businesses, unions, or hospitals. Special attention will be paid to the impact on high-risk populations, and the potential for reducing health disparities. Individuals who influence policy within the states of New Jersey and New York are eligible for the award. Public and elected officials, advocates and community leaders, as well as decision-makers and difference-makers in business, health care and labor are all considered. Who is Donald H. Gemson? Don Gemson spent his career focused on a preventive health agenda, devoted to the ...
Texas Becomes Latest State to Improve Access to Biomarker Testing, Beating New York in Push to Prioritize Precision Medicine
... to act on Assembly Bill 1673 / Senate Bill 1196. “In order to maintain our state’s role as a national leader in medical innovation, cancer care and public health, we must prioritize legislation such as Assembly Bill 1673 / Senate Bill 1196. In doing so, we can work to improve health outcomes, patient quality of life and—in some cases—reduce costs. “The victory in Texas should be eye-opening to legislators across ...
ACS CAN Praises Mayor de Blasio on Strong Support for Physical Education
... CAN) released the following statement. “ACS CAN applauds Mayor Bill de Blasio for continuing to aggressively address the important public health issue of physical education in schools. “Quality physical education, offered consistently to New York City students can have a tremendous impact on their health and well-being. “Unfortunately, based upon numerous studies, for more than a decade most city schools have not offered quality physical ... of neighborhood. By equalizing access to appropriate physical education, our city can take another important step forward in the battle against health inequities and efforts to reduce suffering and death from cancer. “Last year, the administration took a huge step forward in addressing ...
Open Letter to Speaker Silver on TCP
... coalitions, youth groups, the state Quitline and other smoking cessation services including free pharmacotherapy for those who want to quit, health promotion activities and advertising for the Quitline, and surveillance and evaluation activities. The Assembly continues funding for tobacco enforcement activities by the Department of Health and local health units, and, in A.4000c, continues funding for the staff administering the program the Assembly proposes to eliminate. The ... • Cessation Interventions, including a well-advertised quitline that provides counseling and access to medications, and educates health care providers to increase the effectiveness of the medical community in encouraging smokers to quit; • Surveillance and evaluation that ...
New York State Senate Votes to Improve Access to Lung Cancer Screening
... effective but very few New Yorkers who are eligible for screening actually receive it. This is often because the cost burden for follow-up care is too high and inhibits people from completing the lifesaving screening process,” said Nesbitt. Removing cost-sharing for preventive ... advocacy 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’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Join the fight by visiting www.fightcancer.org . 0 Cancer survivors and leading public health group urge Assembly to follow Senate’s lead ensuring more New Yorkers can detect and treat lung cancer New York State Senate Votes to ...
Statement on the Death of Dr. Hazel Dukes
... to the NAACP New York State Conference family over the passing of President Dr. Hazel N. Dukes. Dr. Dukes was a champion in the fight to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. She was fiercely committed to the fight against cancer and never hesitated to help advance policies to reduce the impact of cancer ... worked to mobilize NAACP members from branches across New York State to help improve New Yorkers’ access to early detection and lifesaving care, but she was instrumental in enacting legislation expanding access to colorectal cancer screening and biomarker testing. She was an outspoken ...
New York State Senate Votes to Remove Barriers to Biomarker Testing
... the last few decades and is increasingly important in the treatment of other conditions, providing access to targeted treatment and tailoring care to a person’s individual disease. Targeted therapies often result in improved quality of life and survivorship. For example, patients with ... and the New York State Senate for approving this legislation. We urge the Assembly to follow suit and take this critical step towards reducing health inequities and improving health outcomes." In 2023, approximately 31,320 New Yorkers will die from cancer. Improved access to biomarker testing can connect more patients to ...
Gov. Paterson Proposes Highest Cigarette Tax in the U.S.
... will keep more than 100,000 kids from becoming addicted adults and will prompt more than 50,000 adults to quit. More than $150 million for health care is an added bonus. For every price hike of 10 percent, youth smoking rates decline 6.5 percent and adult rates drop by 2 percent. With ... New Yorkers will need it due to the increased tax, tells smokers that they don’t have to tackle quitting alone and will save precious health care dollars in the long run. The American Cancer Society encourages the Senate and Assembly to include Gov. Paterson’s proposed ...
ACS CAN Calls for Restoration of Tobacco Control Program Funding
... Governor proposes to cut funding to the state's Tobacco Control Program by over $7 million. This is a bad idea. We can't afford cuts to public health during a pandemic. We thank the Senate for restoring critical funding for tobacco control and we ask that the final budget also include the ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to ...
Gov. Paterson Mulls $1.00 Cigarette Tax Hike
Gov. Paterson has recently mentioned that he is considering a $1.00 increase to the state's cigarette tax in order to raise needed revenue for health programs in the state's budget. Below is a statement from Donald Distasio, CEO American Cancer Society of NY & NY supporting that concept. ... more than 100,000 kids a brighter future, one without the agony of a smoking addiction. An extra buck will translate into $150 million for health care. That extra buck, a $1.00 increase in the tax on a pack of cigarettes sold in New York, recently suggested by Gov. Paterson, could be a ...