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ACS CAN New York State 2016 Budget and Legislative Priorities

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. 2016 Priorities:  Cancer Screenings Save Lives Don’t all New Yorkers deserve to have access to a screening that could save their lives? ... 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 priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

North Dakota Cancer Advocate in Washington, DC

... •    Support an increase of $680 million for the National Cancer Institute. Each dollar Congress cuts from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) budgets puts us one step further away from offering hope to the lives of so many Americans. •    Advance legislation to improve the quality of life of cancer patients with better access to palliative care.  From the moment a person hears “you have cancer,” they may deal with pain, stress, and other side effects. Sometimes the problem is ... 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 ...

New Data: Increasing Price of Tobacco Would Spur Thousands to Quit Smoking, Generate Millions in New Revenue and Save the State Billions of Dollars

... quitting 18,700 premature smoking-caused deaths prevented $103.73 million in new annual revenue for New Jersey $1.44 billion in long-term health care cost savings to New Jersey from adult & youth smoking declines A $1.65 per pack boost would raise the rate to $4.35 per pack. It has been 11 ... Increasing the tax on all other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to parallel the increased cigarette tax would generate additional health and economic benefits for New Jersey. In accordance with the 2017 New Jersey Cigarette Tax Act, 1% of the total revenue generated from the ...

Cancer-Fighting Advocates Mark Great American Smokeout by Calling for Action to Prevent Tobacco Addiction

... and our high school and adult smoking rates are above the national average! ACS CAN says our state leaders must do all they can to protect the health of state residents by passing strong tobacco control legislation. As our battle with COVID-19 continues, we must do everything in our power to keep our communities healthy and safe—which means building strong public health infrastructure including comprehensive tobacco control measures.   As the advocacy affiliate of ACS, the ACS CAN, supports evidence-based ... 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 Pennsylvania, tobacco is responsible for 22,000 deaths each year.     ###    ...

Patients in Missouri Urge Passage of New Bill to Ensure All Copays Count

... today thanked Representative Wright and Senators Bernskoetter, Fitzwater, and Eslinger for introducing legislation that would require more health insurance plans to count all prescription drug copayments made by or on behalf of Missourians. The important health policy reform would prevent an increasingly common practice used by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers called “copay ... 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 ...

Millions of Children Would Benefit from President 's Plan to Expand Early Education with Tobacco Tax Increase, New Report Shows

... 1.7 million kids from becoming smokers, according to a report released today by nine organizations that focus on early learning and/or public health. In his fiscal year 2014 budget, President Obama proposed expanding federal funding for early education programs, paid for with a 94-cent ... would help ensure a future of smart, healthy kids nationwide and in every state, the report concludes. The report details the educational and health benefits of the President 's proposal nationwide and in each state. ξNationwide, this proposal would: Provide nearly 335,000 additional ... 's leading preventable cause of death.ξ Tobacco use kills more than 400,000 Americans every year and costs the nation $96 billion in health care expenses.ξ Every day, more than 3,500 U.S. youth try their first cigarette. Research has shown that tobacco tax increases are the most ...

Federal Judge 's Order Moves Tobacco Companies Closer to Finally Telling the Truth to the American People

... “deliberately deceived the American public.” The five corrective statements will address the companies’ deceptions regarding 1) the health effects of smoking; 2) the addictiveness of smoking and nicotine; 3) the false advertising of low-tar and light cigarettes as less harmful than regular cigarettes; 4) the designing of cigarettes to enhance the delivery of nicotine; and 5) the health effects of secondhand smoke. Today’s order, which is based on an agreement between the Justice Department, six public health intervenors ... staggering number of deaths per year, an immeasurable amount of human suffering and economic loss, and a profound burden on our national health care system.  Defendants have known many of these facts for at least 50 years or more.  Despite that knowledge, they have consistently, ...

Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Urge Federal Lawmakers to Make Cancer a National Priority

... 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 ...

ACS CAN Alaska's 2019 Policy Forum & Community Engagement Event

... goal is to learn about local successes and identify what we can do next as Alaskans to reduce the effects of chronic disease on our economy and health care system. Why Healthy Eating and Active Living? After tobacco use, diet and physical activity are the leading risk factors for cancer in our ...

Legislature Presses on with $0 Funding for Youth Tobacco Prevention Despite Budget Surplus

... addictive products. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and costs the state and taxpayers roughly $3.8 billion in annual health care costs. 0 Legislature Presses on with $0 Funding for Youth Tobacco Prevention Despite Budget Surplus ...

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