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A Patient Voice in Health Care Reform

As the leading patient group in the health care debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) continues to work to ensure that the voices of cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones are heard. This week, 15 cancer patients and their caregivers came to Washington, D.C., for a ... needed now, not later.  The cancer advocates had contacted the American Cancer Society’s Health Insurance Assistance Service (HIAS), and some of them were featured in the February report by the Society and the Kaiser Family Foundation titled, “Spending to Survive: Cancer Patients ...

Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax Increase

... billion in health care costs in our state! Now, more than ever, Oregon needs to raise its tobacco tax to help folks quit and price youth out of accessing tobacco in the first place. Help us raise the tobacco tax by $2 so we can save 15,500 Oregonians from smoking-caused death and prevent 24,200 children from ever picking up the habit!     Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax ...

What is your state doing to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke?

There is no safe level of secondhand smoke. Even brief exposure can cause immediate harm! Each year, secondhand smoke causes nearly 42,000 deaths among nonsmokers, including 7,300 lung cancer deaths. The best ... smoke, encourage adults to quit smoking and reduce medical costs. Currently, 25 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia have laws ensuring 100 percent smoke-free workplaces, including restaurants and bars. Has your state taken steps to limit secondhand ...

Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Help Reduce the Cancer Burden on Minnesotans

Eagan, Minn. – As we dive into a new legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) prompts legislators to prioritize passing public policies that promote cancer prevention, improve patient quality of life, prevent youth commercial tobacco use and help adults quit tobacco, and expand equitable access to quality, affordable health care. ... ensuring more Minnesotans have access to individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care. End the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products: The tobacco industry uses menthol, other candy- and ...

How Does Your State Measure Up on Policies to Fight Cancer?

Unfortunately, for most of you the answer to the question above is Š—“not well.Š— According to a new edition of the ACS CAN report How Do You Measure Up? released today, many state legislatures are missing opportunities to enact laws and policies that ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Priorities for 2023 Legislative Session

... FL – March 7, 2023 – As lawmakers gather for the 2023 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Florida is advocating for state lawmakers to work across the aisle to pass a bill that is expected to revolutionize cancer treatment for ... noted Susan Harbin, Florida Senior Government Relations Director for ACS CAN. “Game-changing legislation such as this will bring the hope of precision medicine to more people across the state by improving quality of life for cancer patients, as well as those with autoimmune disease and other chronic illnesses, and potentially reduce costs by allowing some ...

Wyoming Falls Short on Public Policies to Fight Cancer

... legislation to prevent and reduce cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The annual "How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality" finds Wyoming meets the benchmark in just two of the nine public policy areas. Wyoming earned a "red" ranking in several tobacco control categories, including its tobacco tax. At just 60 cents per pack, Wyoming’s current cigarette tax is one of the lowest in the nation. By significantly increasing taxes on cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, smokeless tobacco and all other tobacco ...

Governor Nixon Signs Legislation Benefiting Cancer Patients in Missouri

Governor Nixon Signs Legislation Benefiting Cancer Patients in Missouri ACS CAN Volunteers &  Advocates Applaud Efforts   KANSAS CITY, MO – March 19, 2014 Surrounded by volunteers, advocates, cancer patients and ... which was proposed earlier this year by Representative Sheila Solon and Senator Ryan Silvey, brings insurance coverage to both forms of chemotherapy- intravenous (IV) and pill (oral) form requiring plans to have similar out-of-pocket costs for oral chemotherapy products if traditional chemotherapies are already covered. “Missouri patients will no longer be forced to ...

Support tobacco tax increases and tobacco prevention and cessation funding in Louisiana

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death. In Louisiana, 32.7% of cancer deaths are attributable to smoking, and smoking accounts for $2.19 billion annually in direct health care costs. Increasing taxes on ... to reduce tobacco use in adults and prevent youth from starting. With over a third of high school students using tobacco products, Louisiana can and must do better. I call on elected officials to increase the cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack with a parallel tax on all other tobacco ...

Cancer-Fighting Advocates Mark Great American Smokeout by Calling for Action to Prevent Tobacco Addiction

... are marking the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 45th annual Great American Smokeout today by calling on state lawmakers to protect the health of Kentucky residents by passing strong tobacco control legislation. As our battle with COVID-19 continues, we must do everything in our power to ... safe—which means building strong public health infrastructure including comprehensive tobacco control measures.  As the advocacy affiliate of ACS, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is working to ensure the General Assembly protects funding for tobacco cessation and prevention programs during the 2021 legislative ...

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