Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

Raising the cigarette tax in Southern states by $1 per pack would help ease the economic crisis that weighs heavily on the region and its hard-working families, and would also improve the health of its residents, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and Community Catalyst.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 22, 2009 -- Urging the U.S. Senate to put children’s health before Big Tobacco, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network began a sustained print and online advertising campaign this week in support of legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 8, 2009 -- Effective this Friday, April 10, 2009, Rhode Island will be the first state with a tobacco tax to exceed $3.00. The Rhode Island General Assembly approved a $1.00 tax increase last week as part of the state’s 2009 supplemental budget. Governor Donald L.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 2, 2009 -- “House members put children before Big Tobacco today by voting overwhelmingly to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco products. “Big Tobacco spends nearly $40 million each day to try to lure