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Indoor tanning for kids? Might as well expose them to plutonium

Indoor tanning for kids? Might as well expose them to plutonium By: Guest Opinion March 2, 2017 , 2:27 pm     After four years of hard work on the part of patients, parents, physicians, and legislators, members of the Arizona House of Representatives had their first chance to vote on legislation to ... past, present, and future supports for championing this bill. We urge lawmakers to give this bill a fair hearing in the Senate and remember they can prevent minors from being exposed to a known carcinogen and ultimately save lives.   Aaron Mangold, M.D., is president of the Arizona ...

World No Tobacco Day: LetŠ—'s Combat Illicit Trade with Strong Tobacco Control Policies

May 31 is “World No Tobacco Day” – an annual event organized by the World Health Organization to highlight the health dangers of tobacco use and tobacco control policies that help people quit. The focus of this year’s World No Tobacco Day is global collaboration to end the illicit trade of tobacco products. Research finds the illicit market for ... trade isn’t as rampant in the U.S. as it is elsewhere in the world, our country has more work to do to pass strong tobacco control laws that can also help combat illicit trade. For example, the average state cigarette tax is only $1.54 and the federal cigarette tax is a meager $1.01. ...

New Jersey Gets Mixed Reviews on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality,   The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 16 th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. But we have the power to make a difference for New Jerseyans ...

Patients Call on Senators to Reject Graham-Cassidy Health Bill; Urge Bipartisan Action on Health Care

Washington, D.C. — September 25, 2017— Dozens of patients from across the country, each with their own personal health care story, gathered on Capitol Hill today to urge their senators to preserve quality health care coverage for millions of Americans and reject the pending Graham-Cassidy health care legislation. The event was organized by the nation’s leading patient and public interest groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Lung Association and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, urging ...

Health Groups Ask for Increased Tobacco Tax

... programs, including programs to help smokers quit.  In a letter sent to Gov. Cuomo, the groups called for an increase in the cigarette tax of at least $1 per pack in the FY 2021- 2022 Executive Budget, and to ensure the budget provides a parallel tax on all other tobacco products including e-cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco products. Raising tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use and prevent kids from beginning a deadly addiction. Despite an estimated 23,000 smoking-related ... by just $1 per pack, the projected number of youth under 18 who will be kept from becoming adult smokers is 29,500. We know that tobacco use can lead to heart disease or stroke, so this tax could mean that nearly 30,000 people could avoid the No. 1 and No. 5 killers in our nation.” ...

Calls to Improve Access to Biomarker Testing in NJ Bring Together Patients, Providers & Public Health Leaders across Disease Spectrum

Key public health, patient and provider groups have come out in support of improving access to biomarker testing in New Jersey, urging lawmakers to advance and pass Assembly Bill 4163 / Senate Bill 3098 this legislative session. This fall, a broad coalition of over 30 organizations, medical leaders and patient advocates wrote to members of the Assembly Financial Institutions & Insurance (AFI) Committee ... Commerce Committees to take up this bill and follow the lead of their AFI member colleagues. Biomarker testing opens the door to treatments that can lead to fewer side effects, improved survival, better quality of life and potentially lower costs for patients. There is strong consensus ...

7-1-10 This Week in Health Care Reform Implementation

... state plans will likely be up and running by September 1.   Applications for the PCIP will also be available starting today on a new Department of Health and Human Services website, www.healthcare.gov , with coverage to begin August 1. Funding for the program will be provided to states based on the same funding allocation that is used for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).   All of the high-risk pool plans must offer individuals a standard rate, providing people with serious conditions such as cancer the same premium rate ... appeared in The New York Times. Additional information on the details of the new PCIP, as well as the state-administered high risk pool plans can be found at www.healthcare.gov .   New Healthcare.gov Website   As mentioned above, the new consumer web portal authorized in the Affordable ...

Dean's List for Tobacco Policy

American Cancer Society Releases Dean’s List for Tobacco Policy 30 percent of colleges across New York State are getting top marks in a new report from the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The bi-annual Tobacco-Free U: Dean’s List report grades all New York campuses on their tobacco use restrictions. In addition, schools with 100 percent smoke-free or tobacco-free campus rules in place were assessed for compliance with those policies. Thirty percent of schools made the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Tobacco-Free U Dean’s List for having among the ...

3-29-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Litigation Update   This was a blockbuster week at the Supreme Court, which hosted three days of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, an unprecedented amount of time in the modern era which underscores the critical nature of the challenges. Although the media coverage was extensive, we wanted to provide ACS CAN's perspective.   As you know, the Society and ACS CAN, along with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association ...

3-29-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Litigation Update   This was a blockbuster week at the Supreme Court, which hosted three days of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, an unprecedented amount of time in the modern era which underscores the critical nature of the challenges. Although the media coverage was extensive, we wanted to provide ACS CAN's perspective.   As you know, the Society and ACS CAN, along with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association ...

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