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WASHINGTON, DC - March 19, 2012 In a significant victory for public health, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld most of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 's (FDA) authority in place to regulate tobacco products. In the ruling, the appeals court upheld critical provisions of the law that: äó¢ Require large, graphic health warnings on cigarette packs; äó¢ Require tobacco manufacturers reserve significant packaging space for textual health warnings; and ... about 50,000 deaths from heart disease and cancer among nonsmokers. The financial cost of tobacco use is staggering with smoking-related health care expenditures totaling an estimated $96 billion annually between 2000 and 2004. In passing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control ...

... end to the sale of flavored tobacco products of any kind in New York.  The advocates representing social justice organizations, public health advocates, healthcare providers, and parent and educational organizations are calling for swift passage of a pair of bills (Electronic ... and S6809/A8808 are an investment in our children’s future, and we call on the Legislature and the Governor to pass them.”  “The health and wellness of our children is one of the most important things we can work on,” offered NYS PTA President Lorey A. Zaman. “We know ... representing the fourth largest Osteopathic Physician population in the country. Many Osteopathic Physicians in New York State practice primary care and of those, many also practice in rural and urban medically underserved regions,” said Stephanie LaBarbera, MHA, Executive Director, New ...

... -- People with cancer and their families are deeply disappointed in the proposal by House appropriators to cut funding for medical research and health programs by staggering amounts in fiscal year 2014. The proposal is an irresponsible move by Congress at a time when investment in the fight against cancer is of critical importance. Proposed cuts of more than 18 percent under FY 2013 sequester levels to the FY 2014 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill would gut funding for groundbreaking medical research and critical programs that are imperative to ... use. It also would severely hamper implementation of critical patient protections that are improving access to quality, affordable health care nationwide. ACS CAN urges lawmakers of both political parties to prioritize an issue that affects millions of Americans and fulfill their ...

... – A report on smoking cessation released today by United States Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams concludes that comprehensive, barrier-free health coverage of tobacco cessation therapies and services is one of the most effective ways to continue to drive down the smoking rate and save ... of smokers who tried to quit in the last year did not use an evidence-based cessation service and four out of nine adult smokers who saw a health professional did not receive advice to quit.  The 700-page report provides in-depth evidence regarding the role smoking cessation plays in ... illustrates that these evidence-based services are grossly underutilized. We must work to increase knowledge of these services among both health care providers and patients. Too many people who want to quit are unaware that FDA-approved cessation therapies and services are available to them. ...