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... are in the offing for these officials, not one state penny is allocated for the New Jersey Tobacco Control Program that would help protect our health and ultimately save lives while reducing future health care costs.  The State Assembly has already passed a bill unanimously that would allocate one percent of tobacco tax revenues in New Jersey for ...

... is very important to cancer patients and survivors with 88% saying it is important for those they encounter in a health care facility to be up to date on vaccinations, and 83% stating it is important for those in their broader community to be up to date.   “The responses of the survey underscore the critical role of evidence-based vaccinations in promoting public health and protecting communities impacted by cancer,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN. “Unimpeded access and broad uptake of safe ...

... lawmakers to restore and sustain funding for cancer research and proven prevention and early detection programs, improve access to palliative care as an extra layer of support for those with chronic disease, and increase federal tobacco taxes. The federal government has a critical role to ... to ensure that the fight against cancer remains a top national priority by restoring funding for critical research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute and proven prevention and early detection programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that ... the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy affiliate organization of the American Cancer Society, which is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage lawmakers, candidates and government officials to support laws and policies that will make cancer a top ...

... today by calling attention to the state-funded adult and youth tobacco control prevention programs that have helped them quit and protected the health of Floridians for generations. “As our state’s battle with COVID-19 continues, we must do everything in our power to keep our ... the industry’s grip on Florida is not only crucial to reducing death from tobacco-related disease, but it’s also imperative to reduce health disparities in the state. In Florida alone, Big Tobacco spends more than $608 million marketing its deadly products.” The tobacco ... products remains the nation’s number one cause of preventable death, killing more than 480,000 Americans, and costing $170 billion in health care costs and $151 billion in lost productivity annually. In Florida, tobacco is responsible for 32,300 adult deaths each year. ### About ACS CAN ...