Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

Cuts to tobacco control have dramatically reduced calls to New York's "Quitline" PDF version of this report: New York Quitline Cuts [104 KB PDF] New York's ongoing reductions in funding for tobacco control are hurting the effort to curb smoking. Over the past few years,

In 1998, 46 states, including Oregon, and the tobacco companies entered into a $221 billion settlement to compensate states for past and future smoking-related expenditures. Since then, Oregon has received over $1 billion in settlement funds which unfortunately have been used for things such as debt service and budget shortfalls.

The U.S. District Court ruling that upheld New York City’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products is an important win in the fight against cancer.

On Friday, February 1, the annual ACS CAN Maryland Research breakfast took place in Annapolis. The program was exceptional, not only honoring the three Sponsors of the 2007 Clean Indoor Actl, but also tracing the history of tobacco control in Maryland and citing the many heroes along the way who helped to finally achieve comprehensive smoke free area and a discussion of the future of lung cancer prevention and early detection.

Recentliy, the Stadium Authority bans smoking at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium. Click on links read stories about the ban. Read Baltimore Sun Article Read WJZ-13 report.

A new analysis by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows that nearly 10,000 New Yorkers die from smoking-related cancers, representing more than one in every four cancer deaths in the state. Cancer Brief: Tobacco Use and Cancer Deaths - the Preventable Epidemic details the staggering 9,610 tobacco-related cancer deaths and recommends boosting the state's support for it tobacco control program.