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North Dakota Voters Reject Tobacco Tax Increase

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. ...

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding in North Carolina

Tobacco Prevention Funding Saves Lives and Reduces Health Care Costs   The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network requests appropriation of $50 million recurring to DHHS Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch to restore evidence-based tobacco prevention and cessation programs to save ... MSA required the tobacco industry to submit annual payments to the states to compensate and remedy the adverse health impact and financial toll of tobacco use, so North Carolina receives approximately $140 million each year from the MSA.  The $50 million appropriation request is minimal ... smoking. Dedicating funding to tobacco prevention programs is one of the smartest and most fiscally responsible investments that North Carolina can make.   Our kids are worth more than zero! Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding in North Carolina ...

We're defending smokers?

Many people have been surprised to see that ACS CAN has voiced concerns about provisions in some health care legislation that would allow employers to charge smokers significantly more for health ... tobacco taxes. It's actually quite simple.ξ Our goal is to save lives from cancer. For tobacco taxes, the science shows that increasing the cost of a pack of cigarettes by ten percent results in drops in both youth and adult smoking.ξ The science also clearly shows the devastating impact ...

National Report: Missouri Ranks 50th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco

... 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 ...

Bringing Leaders Together in the Fight against Cancer

The United States spends $88 billion annually on cancer care, with patients paying nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket costs. The 2019 ACS CAN health care forum examined best practices employers and other payers are using to contain costs while keeping coverage affordable for cancer ... to foster discussion and examine policies that are critical in the fight against cancer. We held our eighth annual National Forum on the Future of Health Care in April 2019 in Washington, D.C., where leaders from government, private and nonprofit organizations gathered to discuss ways to ...

Tennessee Should Make It Easier to Quit Tobacco

... legislative session set to begin Tuesday, here is a statement from Maddie Bushnell Michael, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Tennessee government relations director: “As Tennessee lawmakers dive into the 2024 legislative session, ACS CAN urges them to prioritize legislation to ease the burden of cancer on Tennesseans. Tennessee has cancer incidence and death rates above the national average. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the Volunteer State, with smoking linked to at least 12 types of cancer. Each year, more than 35 percent of cancer deaths ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Priorities for 2021 Legislative Session

LANSING, MI – As lawmakers dive into the new year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks ahead to what public health initiatives our lawmakers can accomplish in the 2021 legislative session. Michigan has a long way to go ... legislation. This legislation would give chronically ill patients easier access to the cancer treatment they need. It would ensure the out-of-pocket cost to the patient for oral chemotherapy and intravenous chemotherapy are similar. Currently, the out-of-pocket costs for some oral chemotherapy ...

July 2009 Monthly Advocacy Update

... On Monday, June 22, we made history when President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Van Wolf, Chair of the American Cancer Society Board of Directors and Society and ACS CAN Chief Executive Officer John R. Seffrin, PhD, were among the guests at the White House Rose Garden signing ceremony. The Food and Drug ... as a reason to deny or limit coverage ensure that people with a chronic or catastrophic disease, like cancer, are not financially ruined by the cost of care place reasonable limitations on premiums and other patient out-of pocket costs abolish annual and lifetime caps on dollars spent or ...

Survivor Views: Majority Less Likely to Get Recommended Screenings if Coverage is Lost

Overview The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) empowers advocates across the country to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change, as well as legislative and regulatory solutions that will reduce the cancer burden. As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... less likely to stay up to date with preventive care if the provision mandating 100% coverage was repealed, resulting in a patient out-of-pocket cost for these services. Fifty-three percent put the dollar amount that would present a barrier to accessing preventive services at less than $200. ...

15,300 New Yorkers’ Lives to Be Saved with Cigarette Tax Increase

... shepherding a tobacco-free generation in New York, leading public health organizations—the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (TFK)— released an analysis of the public health benefits & cost savings that New York can expect to see with a $1.00 per pack cigarette tax increase. In addition to saving New York State millions of dollars ...

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