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WASHINGTON, DC - As the United States marks the 50 th anniversary of the first Surgeon General 's Report on Smoking and Health, seven leading public health and medical organizations today called for a new national commitment to end the tobacco epidemic for good. At a press conference today, the organizations called for bold action by all levels of government to achieve three goals: Reduce smoking rates, currently at about 18 percent, to less than 10 percent within 10 years; Protect all ... years; and 3) ultimately eliminate the death and disease caused by tobacco. Over the past 50 years, we have developed proven strategies that can achieve these goals if they are fully and effectively implemented.ξ These strategies include tobacco tax increases, comprehensive smoke-free ...

... current restrictions on cigarette marketing to newly-regulated products, including cigars and electronic cigarettes, and prohibiting the use of flavorings that appeal to kids. Today is the close of the period for public comments to the FDA on its proposed rule to assert authority over ... control centers involving nicotine poisoning of children exposed to the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes. The FDA should revise its flawed cost-benefit analysis of the proposed rule that led the agency to vastly underestimate the likely benefits.ξ Among other flaws, the FDA slashed ... Nursing Society Partnership for Prevention Prevention Partners Society for Public Health Education Trust for America's Health The comments can be read at https://www.fightcancer.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/24-Health-Groups-Deeming-Comments.pdf ACS CAN also submitted a ...

... to bring attention to the need to re-invest in tobacco prevention, education and cessation programs.  Teens and college students were some of the several dozen advocates asking the public to sign dollar bill-shaped petitions urging lawmakers to renew their commitment to funding tobacco prevention in the state of New Mexico. Lawmakers received pictures of New Mexico youth holding signs that say "I am the Return on Investment."   In the final hours of the ... tobacco products including e-cigarettes .   “Right now, 40,000 New Mexico kids alive today will die prematurely from smoking. State lawmakers can change this statistic with fully funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs and increased tobacco taxes,” said ACS CAN New Mexico ...

... As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.   National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Meeting   Earlier today, the full membership of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) approved a proposal on how to calculate and define Medical Loss Ratios (MLR), the ... federal regulation based on the proposal.   Read the NAIC press release .   This is good news for patients and consumers, and we have many ACS CAN and Division staff to thank for it as they spent the last few months helping the commissioners look at the issues through the “cancer ...