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RALEIGH, NC – June 21, 2022 – A new series of advertisements paid for by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) launched yesterday citing the impact Medicaid expansion can have on the health of North Carolinians as well as the state economy and rural ... North Carolinians. Now is the time for North Carolina to become the next state to expand Medicaid.”  Medicaid expansion would remove major cost barriers to cancer care and give North Carolinians a fighting chance to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer as it continues to be the ...

... 150, which would allow cigar smoking in restaurants, bars and gaming facilities that are currently smoke-free.  State polling shows that 89% of Montana voters across the political spectrum support the Clean Indoor Air Act and 77% oppose allowing cigar smoking in bars. Everyone has the right to breathe clean, smoke-free air regardless of where they live, work, or play. Nobody should have to choose between a job and long-term health, which is clearly put at greater risk with any ... for the past 20 years. The next generation deserves that as well. This bill will leave workers and patrons exposed to secondhand smoke.” ACS CAN is joined in this call by many state health advocacy organizations and its volunteer advocates who met with lawmakers individually Monday to ...

JACKSON, MS – February 4, 2021 – As lawmakers continually look to address the financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to significantly increase Mississippi’s dangerously low tobacco taxes (40th cigarette tax in the nation) has ... heightened awareness on the important role public health plays in Mississippians’ ability to live a full and healthy life, free from the ills of tobacco use. “With annual health expenditures in directly caused by smoking totaling $1.23 billion, increasing the cigarette tax by $1.50 per ... declines. In just 5 years, the state would save $1.81 million in Medicaid costs,” shared American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Mississippi Government Relations Director Kimberly Hughes. Research shows that enacting a large tobacco tax increase is one of the most ...

... from across Pennsylvania are expressing concern that the state is falling behind in its efforts to meaningfully address tobacco use. 30% of cancer deaths in Pennsylvania are attributable to smoking, signaling the need for Pennsylvania to combat this disease through adequate ... has been funded well below recommended levels for years, prompting concerns from cancer patients who are also worried about the uncertainty of ongoing federal tobacco control monies as well as the year-after-year decline in the state’s tobacco settlement dollars—funds designated, in ... but it’s underfunded and under-resourced. We need state leaders to invest in tobacco cessation so that people who are climbing uphill to quit can reach the summit and the healthy life that comes with it.” Advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) are ...