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On ‘No Menthol’ Sunday, Public Health and Social Justice Organizations Call to End Sale of All Flavored Tobacco
... in New York State, per legislation that was passed in early April as part of the 2020-2021 state budget. More than 40 social justice, public health, patient and parent and educational advocates recognized the end of the sale of these products and are calling for additional action to ... products more appealing and sweeten the poison no matter what form of tobacco it’s in,” said Andrew Hyland, PhD, Chair of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Eliminating the availability of menthol cigarettes from New York shelves will ... - New York, ASH - Action on Smoking & Health, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Children's Agenda, Children's Defense Fund, Community Health Care Association of New York State, HANYS, Healthy Capital District Initiative, March of Dimes, Medical Society of the State of New York, Mental ...
Testimony of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to the New York City Council Health Committee
January 30, 2019 • New York, NY Chair Levine and members of the Health Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Bill Sherman and I am Managing Director for Government Relations at ... deaths in the United States, [3] including about 80 percent of all lung and bronchus cancer deaths. [4] The impact of tobacco use goes beyond health. The annual health care costs in New York State directly caused by smoking are $10.39 billion. [5] Last year marked a landmark in New York City’s efforts to ...
Social Justice Groups, Parent Advocates and Public Health Organizations Kick Off “Flavors Hook Kids NYC” Campaign
Social Justice Groups, Parent Advocates and Public Health Organizations Kick Off “Flavors Hook Kids NYC” Campaign Call on City Leaders to Restrict the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Nearly 81 Percent ... wintergreen loophole and help ensure that kids are not getting hooked on flavored e-cigarettes. “We’re taking important steps to protect the health of New Yorkers, especially our youth,” said Fernando Cabrera, New York City Councilmember representing the 14th District in the Bronx. ... number one cause of preventable death in New York City. Tobacco use kills 28,000 New Yorkers and costs the state over $10.3 billion in health care bills every year. According to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, more than one out of every six city high school students reported ...
New study indicates medical debt associated with worse health status, underscoring importance of legislative proposal in New York to alleviate financial burden of disease
... impact of disease on patients and families, a new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that medical debt is associated with worse health status, more premature deaths and higher mortality rates. Researchers with the ACS have found that medical debt was associated with more days of poor physical and mental health, more years of life lost and higher mortality rates for all-cause and leading causes of death at the county level in the United States. The ... bills because of my cancer diagnosis. Patients should have access to the financial assistance they are eligible for so they can focus on their care and recovery without having to choose between lifesaving treatment and basic needs and without fearing debt collectors,” said Smith. ...
Fight Back: Make October A Month For Reform
... disease. Now is your chance to Fight Back and let your voice be heard. Let's make October a month of action for health care reform! Many people don’t realize it, but fighting cancer means fixing health care. Our current health care system fails millions of people, especially cancer patients. Even after beating cancer, many survivors can’t ...
Patients, Families to Make Crucial Choices Together
The American Cancer Society participated in a news conference hosted by the NYS Senate Majority regarding the Family Health Care Decisions Act, scheduled to pass the Senate this afternoon (bill passed the Assembly a few weeks ago). The bill assures that patients who have not already selected a Health Care Proxy will be able to have critical cancer treatment made in their best interests by those closest to them when and if they lose ...
Letter to Gov. Cuomo on Exchanges
... Chamber Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 By hand Re: The American Cancer Society Supports An Executive Order Establishing A New York Health Benefits Exchange Dear Governor Cuomo: On behalf of approximately 10,000 New Yorkers who every year face a new diagnosis of cancer without benefit of public or private health insurance coverage: Thank You. In addition to the ten percent of cancer patients uninsured at the time of diagnosis, one-third of cancer ... with breast cancer are 2.5 times more likely to have a late stage diagnosis than women enrolled in private health insurance. The health care crisis is a cancer care crisis that must be addressed now. For too many, delay can be deadly. Therefore, we applaud your reported decision, ...
New York Patient Navigation Campaign
Welcome! To improve cancer outcomes for patients and reduce health care costs overall, ACS CAN has launched a campaign to expand access to patient navigation services in New York State. Patient navigators have ... treatment care they need in survivorship. Improving access to patient navigation services will improve cancer outcomes for patients and reduce health care costs overall. What is patient navigation? Patient navigation can help eliminate health disparities and reduce costs across the cancer ...
February Update from Peter Slocum
FROM: Peter Slocum, Vice President of Advocacy NY & NJ Access to Care – Health Care Reform In the run-up to today's summit on health care reform, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) joined nine other national organizations in calling on Congress to ...
ACS to NY: Don't Re-debate Federal Law
Statement by Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding the NYS Senate’s failure to pass health benefit exchange legislation . "The American Cancer Society urges New York lawmakers curb their interest in re-debating federal law and instead focus on what uninsured New Yorkers need most, access to health insurance. Every year, as many as 10,000 New Yorkers face a diagnosis of cancer without health insurance. One-third of cancer survivors ... benefit exchanges established under federal law offer the best hope of making available to all insurance coverage for the lifesaving medical care they need." Facts: According to the American Cancer Society, 10 percent of those with cancer battle the disease without health insurance. ...