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... Action Network (ACS CAN) has provided testimony to the Committee, citing the benefits that the proposal would bring to D.C., its residents and health care systems.   Significant tobacco tax increases are one of the most effective ways to prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and help adults ... CAN, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (TFK) and Tobacconomics, raising the cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack would deliver significant public health benefits, including: A 10.6% decrease in youth smoking 1,600 adults who smoke would quit 400 lives saved $540,000 in Medicaid program ...

... lawmakers to restore funding to the state’s tobacco cessation and prevention programs, protect local smoke-free laws and to expand access to care. “Cancer death rates continue to decrease nationwide, but Tennessee could do better. Lawmakers can be part of the solution by passing ... in evidence-based tobacco control programs. Volunteers asked Gov. Lee to reinstate the $4 million annual funding for the Department of Health tobacco prevention and cessation program in his budget.   Support policies that allow local authorities to pass smoke-free ordinances that ... secondhand smoke. Local communities should be able to determine and take action on evidence-based tobacco control policies that will protect the health of their residents and Tennessee lawmakers should not erect barriers for local government officials.   Give chronically ill patients easier ...

... Increased Tobacco Taxes, Increased Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Funding, Funding for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Project and Palliative Care. Columbus, OH– April 5, 2017 – Nearly 100 cancer patients, survivors and caregivers from across the state traveled to the State Capitol in ... Quality of Life Advisory Council.   “Although we have been working on tobacco issues for many general assembly’s now, tobacco is still the health epidemic that lays in plain sight,” said Jeff Stephens, Ohio government relations director. “The asks our volunteers are making today ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

... Based on various statements made during and since the campaign, we are also anticipating new efforts to alter the course of the Affordable Care Act, which could put critical patient protections at risk. At the same time, it is incumbent upon us to continue to implement and improve the ... across-the-board cut in discretionary spending, which will negatively impact funding levels for critical programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ACS CAN is actively engaged in efforts to protect ... Varmus with suggestions for framing the agency’s proposed budget for the 2012 fiscal year.   Prevention Funding The Prevention and Public Health Fund established under the Affordable Care Act provides an additional $750 million for public health and prevention programs in FY 2011. ...