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... lawmakers this session, the Joint Committee on Public Health put together a bill (S 2152) dubbed "An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction" that is now before the Senate Ways and Means Committee and slated to hit the Senate floor in formal session on ... described the bill's three main provisions -- a three-year increase in the age for tobacco sales, a ban on sales in pharmacies and the addition of e-cigarettes to the state's anti-smoking laws -- as "proven strategies for reducing nicotine addiction among young people." "I think we will ... is more important than being seen as a health care institution," Kearney said. "So to them, they're competing with other retailers, and if they can't have a certain product on their shelf that others can, that's a competitive disadvantage to them." Supporters of higher smoking ages say that ...

... 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,  New York measured up to policy recommendations in five of the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This new 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 ...

... for the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011), with the current one set to expire on April 8. This is likely the last stopgap measure, as a growing number of members of both parties and both chambers indicate that they will not support another short-term bill. A final compromise bill that would fund ... of it comes from entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and major changes to the programs would accompany the budget cuts.   ACS CAN has strong reservations about the budget’s proposal to finance Medicaid through block grants, which could lead to new restrictions in ... Medicare benefit started January 1, more than 150,000 seniors and others with Medicare have taken advantage of the visit. This new visit is a no-cost preventive benefit available to Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Read the ACS CAN fact sheet on April 2011 ...

... for the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011), with the current one set to expire on April 8. This is likely the last stopgap measure, as a growing number of members of both parties and both chambers indicate that they will not support another short-term bill. A final compromise bill that would fund ... of it comes from entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and major changes to the programs would accompany the budget cuts.   ACS CAN has strong reservations about the budget’s proposal to finance Medicaid through block grants, which could lead to new restrictions in ... Medicare benefit started January 1, more than 150,000 seniors and others with Medicare have taken advantage of the visit. This new visit is a no-cost preventive benefit available to Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Read the ACS CAN fact sheet on April 2011 ...