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... into law the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, landmark legislation that balked precedent and risked the unknown in service of New Jerseyans’ health, quality of life and ability to thrive. It paid off, bringing smoking rates down across the state and allowing businesses to thrive in a new landscape. Unfortunately, casinos were excluded from such progress, and their business and employees’ health have suffered as a result. Now, days away from a new administration, health advocates are calling on state leaders to finally—after two ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...

... slash funding to many life-saving cancer prevention and control programs, including a 50% cut over the next two years to the state’s Tobacco Health and Trust Fund (CTHTF). A public hearing will be held on February 28 to address these proposed cuts. The following statement can be ... “Fact-based, statewide tobacco prevention and cessation programs equip people with the tools to stop using tobacco, educate on the negative health outcomes associated with tobacco products and help dismantle the systemic disparities perpetuated by the tobacco industry. Why would anyone ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

... with the right treatment at the right time through biomarker testing .  The bill would ensure more patients with private insurance will have health insurance coverage for the biomarker testing they need. SB24-124 will affect medical health coverage plans for over one million Coloradans or roughly 33% of those with private health insurance coverage. Unfortunately, the bill does ... improve access to biomarker testing for Medicaid enrollees, which accounts for more than 1.6 Coloradans, according to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.  “Biomarker testing can be game changing for many cancer patients,” said R.J. Ours, ACS CAN Colorado government ...

... of preventable death. Smoking-related illness in the Centennial State costs $1.89 billion a year, including more than $386 million in Medicaid care. Lost productivity caused by smoking in Colorado totals $1.27 billion annually. These amounts do not include health costs caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, smoking-caused fires, smokeless tobacco use, or cigar and pipe smoking. Revenue from the new tobacco tax would be invested back into the Basalt community to help finance local health and human services, tobacco-related health issues, and addiction and substance abuse education and mitigation. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, ...