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Love Notes to Lawmakers: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to Deliver Valentines to Legislators
ALBANY, NY – February 11, 2023 – In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will be visiting Albany on Monday, February 13 to deliver love notes to lawmakers in the form of Valentine’s Day cards, advocating that they ... cancer prevention and early detection and so should you.” WHY : The CSP provides cancer screenings and diagnostic services at no cost to under- and uninsured New Yorkers. In 2017, the CSP budget was cut by 20%. If state leaders are committed to detecting cancer sooner and ...
New York State Senate Votes to Remove Barriers to Biomarker Testing
... Medicaid, when patients need it. This legislative victory came several hours after the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) hosted cancer patients and survivors at the Capitol to honor National Cancer Survivors Day. Biomarker testing has revolutionized cancer treatment over 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 certain lung cancer types who received biomarker testing and then a targeted therapy saw a 31% ...
Support continues to build in NY for Tobacco 21
... • Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids • The Children’s Agenda • Children’s Defense Fund-New York • Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York • Community Health Care Association of New York State • Healthcare Association of New York State • March of Dimes • Medical Society of the State of New York • Memorial Sloan ... containing nicotine in any form among youth, including in e-cigarettes, is unsafe. The report also noted nicotine exposure during adolescence can cause addiction and can harm the developing adolescent brain. To protect our children and combat the tobacco industry’s efforts will ...
Cancer Advocates Visit Rep. Lawler’s Office, Urge Him to Protect Medicaid for all New Yorkers
Today, advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) came from across the Lower Hudson Valley to deliver a message to Rep. Mike Lawler, urging him to protect Medicaid and highlighting how looming ... slashing up to $880 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. Such devastating cuts would put essential health services at risk for millions of people nationwide and for the more than 6.7 million New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid for lifesaving health care --including prescriptions for ... Or the diabetic veteran?” said Earle. “The proposed cuts to Medicaid mean taking away access to care, which, for too many New Yorkers, could cost them the food on their table, roof over their head or their lives. We urge Rep. Lawler and every member of the New York congressional ...
New York Advocacy Team Recognized with National Award for Excellence in Cancer Advocacy
New York was recognized as the country’s top state advocacy team by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in honor of their exceptional work advocating for cancer-fighting public policies. ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, presents this award to combined staff and volunteer teams that have worked together to make a significant ...
Nearly 10,000 New Yorkers Die from Smoking-Related Cancers
New Analysis Shows More Funding Needed for State's Tobacco-Fighting Efforts ACS CAN Urges the Legislature to Reject Governor Cuomo's Potential Budget Cut (Albany, NY) (February 13, 2013) - A new analysis by the American Cancer ... dying from cancers that are caused by smoking," said Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of NY & NJ. "A better-funded Tobacco Control Program (TCP) would help more smokers quit and keep more kids from ever trying their first ... is available to better fund the TCP. New York State takes in nearly $2.5 billion each year in tobacco revenues. Smokers pay it all in the form of higher prices on every tobacco product. While smoking rates have declined among youth and in the general population, rates remain unchanged ...
Governor Hochul Sets Sights on a Tobacco-free Generation
ALBANY, NY – JANUARY 10, 2023 – This afternoon Governor Hochul joined leaders from across New York to give the annual State of the State address, outlining her policy priorities for the coming year. In the accompanying written document titled, “Achieving the New York Dream,” Governor Hochul denoted that a key pillar of her 2023 legislative agenda will be curbing tobacco use. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds the Governor’s decision to target ending the sale of all other flavored tobacco products and increase the cigarette tax by $1, ...
New York Biomarker Testing Campaign
... Precision medicine is changing the way we treat cancer. Biomarker testing is the key to unlocking access to these personalized treatments. ACS CAN and partners are working together to make sure more New Yorkers have access to the right medicine at the right time. Ask Governor Hochul to ... The Biomarker Campaign Precision medicine is changing the way we treat cancer and biomarker testing is the key to opening the door to the types of personalized cancer treatments that can improve survival rates and quality of life. A1673/S1196 would improve access to biomarker testing in New York State. What is biomarker testing? Biomarker testing helps get the ...
Blair Horner on Up In Smoke Report
... Little to Help Smokers Quit and Keep Kids from Smoking Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding Up in Smoke report detailing inadequate state spending on anti-tobacco programs despite billions in revenue from tobacco. “It’s shameful that the state can accept revenue from smokers in the form of taxes and spend less than a fraction of it to help smokers who want to quit. Anti-tobacco programs aren't a luxury that we should only pay for ...
Fighting Tobacco in New York
... are still making a killing off New Yorkers. While we have made substantial progress, the fact remains that smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in New York. In 2022, about 49 million adults (20%) used a commercial tobacco product. Current smoking and use of other combustible tobacco products is especially high among persons with lower socioeconomic status, those who live in rural areas, bisexual ... in 2025 with smoking accounting for almost 500 cancer deaths each day in 2025, mostly from lung cancer. Smoking not only causes cancer. It can damage nearly every organ in the body, including the lungs, heart, blood vessels, reproductive organs, mouth, skin, eyes, and bones. We can ...