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Legislation Introduced to Limit Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening, Follows Recent ACS Report Indicating Cancer Rates Rising in Women
... advocacy 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, ...
Legislation to Limit Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Reaches Governor Youngkin’s Desk, Follows Recent ACS Report Indicating Cancer Rates Rising in Women
... advocacy 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, ...
Massachusetts senator pushes state government to ban flavored nicotine products
... D-Norfolk and Plymouth, sponsored the proposal banning the sale of flavored tobacco and vape products and said he filed the bill with the public health committee where it still needs reviewal. The ban would prohibit the sale of flavors such as mint, menthol, and mango. In an interview with ... Life James Hoppe said the college can only estimate how many students smoke and vape from previously conducted surveys. The American College Health Survey in 2015 found that 11 percent of students at Emerson smoked in the past 30 days while the Healthy Minds study in 2019 found that 15 ... more regulation on who can buy and sell things like that. I think the problem is that the people who are selling these products don’t really care who they’re selling them to.” In Massachusetts, 140 cities and towns—including Boston—already regulate or ban flavored tobacco ...
April 2018 State Update
... House Ways and Means committee released its proposed FY2019 budget last week. Of note to ACS CAN: Funding for the creation of the Office of Health Equity, which ACS CAN has been advocating for since 2007, is included. The office would spearhead efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in Massachusetts. Funding for the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program is flat funded from the current fiscal ... supporting an amendment to increase funding for this important program from $550,000 to $1.5 million over three years. The Pediatric Palliative Care Program is funded at just over $3 million, $400,000 over the funding in the Governor’s proposed budget. The additional funding would ensure ...
Cancer Survivors Rally in Hundreds of Events across the Country to Call for Sustained Federal Funding of Cancer Research
... centers, hospitals, state fairs, schools, and American Cancer Society Hope Lodge facilities. Today an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will celebrate the role of patients, survivors and caregivers in cancer research and care. In Michigan, local volunteers are sponsoring an art contest and silent auction. In Pittsburgh, PA nearly 1,000 supporters are expected to ... 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 national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...
ACS CAN Asks California Democratic Party to Return Dirty Money From E-cigarette Manufacturer Juul as part of the Cancer-Fighting Group’s Snuff Tobacco Money Out of California Politics Campaign
... most popular brand among kids, is under the Federal Drug Administration’s microscope as the country grapples with a deeply troubling public health crisis. Taking money from a company responsible for addicting the next generation to tobacco is unacceptable.” The Centers for Disease ... cause of death. Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined. The annual health care costs in California directly caused by smoking are $13.29 billion. Medi-Cal covers $3.5 billion of those costs each year. The tax ...
CDC's National Education Campaign an Historic Effort to Curb Tobacco Use
WASHINGTON, DC March 15, 2012 The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionäó»s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) this afternoon unveiled a federally-funded campaign aimed at educating the public about the harmful effects of smoking and living with ... CAN). These graphic ads have the power to serve as a wake-up call for smokers and would-be tobacco users about tobaccoäó»s lethal impact on health, and they will serve as a powerful tool to help combat the nationwide tobacco epidemic. An estimated 3,800 kids pick up their first ... adequately funded tobacco control programs reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related disease and thereby reduce tobacco-related health care costs. ACS CAN challenges states to fund tobacco control programs at the CDC-recommended level or above. Currently, states spend only a small ...
New Jersey is taking a giant leap forward in the war against cancer. Here's how
... $5 million for the New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection program in his executive budget proposal, representing a huge win for public health. NJCEED provides under- and uninsured New Jersey residents with access to breast, cervical, prostate and colorectal cancer screenings at no ... suffer and die from preventable disease. New Jersey took another huge step forward in improving residents’ access to lifesaving preventative care when, at the beginning of 2023, the Legislature passed the Colorectal Cancer Screening Cost-Sharing Removal Act. Starting July 1, 2023, no New ...
So what's in the NYS Budget?
... we managed to get a large part of the appropriation restored for this important program. The Governor included legislation establishing a Health Benefits Exchange in his budget bill. New York will implement most important parts of the Affordable Care Act through this exchange, a marketplace where individuals and small businesses will buy insurance. This measure was a very high priority ...
2016 Rhode Island Legislative Session Update
... the Governor to urge that the proposal for a mere 25 cent tobacco tax increase be removed and replaced with a significant tax that would improve health for Ocean State residents with revenue dedicated back to tobacco control programs, cessation services, and enforcement. The governor ... prohibit food and beverage advertising of high calories and unhealthy foods to children on school grounds and buses. Ensuring Access to Quality Care Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: ACS CAN was the only organization that testified before both chambers of the Rhode Island Legislature ...
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