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... Councilmember Phil Andrews’ announcement that sales tax receipts in the county increased 7.2 percent or nearly $2 million since enactment of its smoking ban last fall. Councilmember Andrews’ data compares tax receipts from October 2003 through March 2004 to those from the same ... adults including at least 690 nonsmokers. Tobacco use costs the U.S. economy $82 billion a year in lost productivity. Smoking related illnesses cost the state of Maryland $1.53 billion annually. Smoke-free policies decrease absenteeism among non-smoking employees, reduce housekeeping and maintenance costs, lower insurance rates and result in fewer smoking-related fires. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan sister issue advocacy organization of the American Cancer Society. ACS CAN is dedicated to eliminating cancer as ...

Missouri Coalition for Cancer Treatment Access, Wednesday, January 15, 2014: On behalf of thousands of Missouri cancer patients, survivors and their families, the Missouri Coalition for Cancer Treatment Access, applauds the proposed ... of life for our patients and their caregivers, including the convenience of not having to travel several times a week for IV infusions that can take several hours each time,” said Debbie Kersting, Executive Director, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Gateway Chapter. This ... because oral cancer drugs in Missouri are covered as a pharmacy benefit, patients can be charged high co-insurances, up to 50 percent of the cost of the therapy, even if the oral drugs are the only treatment available. This can result in out-of-pocket costs of hundreds to thousands of ...

Tobacco use remains Texas’ leading preventable cause of death and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Texas. An estimated 28,000 Texans die annually from tobacco-related illnesses.   Texas spends nearly $9 billion in annual ... care costs. And importantly: It will prevent children from becoming addicted adult smokers.   During the 2017 Texas Legislative session, ACS CAN was unsuccessful in turning back drastic cuts to tobacco prevention funding at the Department of State Health Services that unfortunately ended ...

  CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Feb. 13, 2018—Cancer advocates and volunteers from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the American Heart Association gathered in Cheyenne on Tuesday, February 13 for a Day at the Capitol to urge their state lawmakers to ... lawmakers to support the Revenue Committee’s House Bill 43, which would raise Wyoming’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack and increase the price of all other tobacco products like chewing tobacco at equal amounts. The Revenue Committee will introduce HB 43 this week. Each year, 800 Wyoming ... smoking. At current rates, 12,000 Wyoming kids alive today will die prematurely from a tobacco-related illness. "Tobacco use is the top cause of preventable death in our state, and smoking causes nearly 30 percent of all cancer deaths in Wyoming," said Jason Mincer, ACS CAN Wyoming ...