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... Act , a bill that would create a mandatory dedicated funding stream for four biomedical research agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bill would provide $150 billion over the next 10 years, a much-needed infusion of ... Sen. Durbin 's bill will prioritize cancer research and prevention, because the disease will killξan estimated 585,000 people in America and cost the economy $216 billion this year. The possibility that the bill could be partially funded by a 94-cent increase in the federal cigarette tax ... point of sale is our most effective strategy in reducing smoking. It will save more lives and further reduce long-term health care costs. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death for men and women combined in our country – a fact that’s difficult to accept given that it’s one of a limited number of cancers that can be prevented through screening. Yet, more than 145,600 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2019 and approximately 51,000 will ... screening, putting them at risk for a later-stage diagnosis that can often be more expensive to treat and harder to survive. The same coding and cost issue has already been addressed for those with private insurance. The Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act would make things ...

Deb Knuth ACS CAN Government Relations Director 701-250-1022 [email protected] Big Tobacco's Dirty Money and Misleading Measure 4 Ads Deceive Voters:  North ... victory is a tragedy for North Dakota. Measure 4 would have raised the tax to $2.20 per pack on cigarettes and instituted a new tax rate of 56 percent of the wholesale purchase price on all other tobacco products including e-cigarettes.  Raising tobacco taxes is a proven way to ... course, tobacco companies fiercely opposed the initiative because they knew it will cause people to quit smoking or never start - and that would cost them millions in profits. In every state that has significantly raised its tobacco tax, the number of cigarette packs sold has declined. ...

... country in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The report challenges states to do more by shining the spotlight on Florida, which has cut its high school smoking ... key findings for Missouri include: Missouri is spending $70,788 this year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 0.1 percent of the $72.9 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Missouri will collect $231.2 million in this year from ... costing the nation at least $289 billion in health care bills and lost productivity each year. The full report and Missouri-specific information can be found at: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/microsites/statereport2015/missouri.html  National Report: Missouri Ranks 50th in Protecting Kids ...