Updates matching "Maine"

5-22-09 Maine Statehouse Update

Yesterday evening we took another great step forward in ACS CAN’s campaign to rein in the egregious behavior of the tobacco industry and to protect kids by granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products and their marketing!

New Poll Reveals Many Cancer Patients Struggle to Afford the Care They Need Due to Gaps in the Health Care System A new American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) poll of families affected by cancer reveals that one in four people who have been diagnosed

5-15-09 Maine Statehouse Update

Governor's Budget & Legislative Overview The Appropriations Committee began reviewing the Governor's proposed "change package," his new budget recommendations based on revenue reprojections, today. They plan to work over the weekend nearly nonstop until May 15, or it is done, whichever comes first. As reported last week, even

24,500 KIDS Have smoked their first cigarette Since Last week.

Although the revenue reprojection committee will announce their official updated figures April 28, this morning the Appropriations heard some updates.

Nothing new. The legislature will not be in session next week for the school vacation week, but some committees, including Appropriations, will still meet. The revenue reprojection committee will announce their updated figures April 28. We will know more then.

You have probably seen on the news that the revenue forecast is not looking good. The new projected deficit is between $300 - $500 million. Good news for our tax campaign, bad news for everything else. The issue has not gotten to the point of changing the budget yet, but it will soon. increasing the taxes on non-cigarette smoking tobacco to be equivalent to cigarettes.