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... coalitions, youth groups, the state Quitline and other smoking cessation services including free pharmacotherapy for those who want to quit, health promotion activities and advertising for the Quitline, and surveillance and evaluation activities.  The Assembly continues funding for tobacco enforcement activities by the Department of Health and local health units, and, in A.4000c, continues funding for the staff administering the program the Assembly proposes to eliminate.  The ... •    Cessation Interventions, including a well-advertised quitline that provides counseling and access to medications, and educates health care providers to increase the effectiveness of the medical community in encouraging smokers to quit; •    Surveillance and evaluation that ...

... price-sensitive youth. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network calls on the Senate to stop this legislation and protect the health of Louisianans.”  ###  About ACS CAN at 20  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to stand ...

... pending in the Michigan Legislature that would require low-income residents to work or complete hours of job training each month to keep their health care coverage in the state's Medicare program is not only unfair, it's potentially deadly.   A significant number of cancer patients and survivors struggle to complete simple tasks, like brushing their teeth. For those individuals, going to work is impossible. Taking away their health coverage because they are too sick or weak to work is wrong and could jeopardize their ability to survive their cancer. I urge Rep. Gary ...

... diagnoses of lung cancer and reduced lung cancer mortality as demonstrated in the National Lung Screening Trial. The Society recommends that health care professionals with access to high-volume, high-quality lung cancer screening and treatment centers should have a discussion about lung cancer ... 74 years who have at least a 30-pack-year smoking history, currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years and who are in relatively good health. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lauren Walens or Steven Weiss American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: (202) 661-5763 or (202) ...