States collect $25.7 billion in tobacco dollars, spend little to fight tobacco use
Editor
Dec 6, 2012
The states are collecting record amounts of revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but are spending only a tiny portion on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a report released today by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and other public health organizations.
This year, the states will take in $25.7 billion in tobacco revenues. But they're spending less than two cents of every tobacco dollar — $459.5 million altogether — to fight tobacco use.
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posted December 06, 2012
Quit now, benefit immediately
Editor
Nov 15, 2012
Today’s a great day to be a quitter.
The American Cancer Society leads the 37th annual Great American Smokeout — a day for smokers to quit and for those who love them to provide help and support.
Continue reading Today is the Great American Smokeout
posted November 15, 2012
More than 60 countries now require them
Editor
Nov 14, 2012
Consumers around the world are learning the deadly truth about smoking thanks to the growing adoption of large, graphic cigarette warnings.
Sixty-three countries and territories now require graphic warnings, an 85 percent increase since 2010, according to a report released today by the Canadian Cancer Society. Altogether, these countries have more than 40 percent of the world’s population. A few countries on the list, including the United States, are still implementing their graphic warning requirements.
Continue reading Report: Graphic Cigarette Warnings Spread Worldwide
posted November 14, 2012
Pregnant smokers can get help quitting
Editor
Nov 5, 2012
The U.S. Surgeon General and other public health experts have found that smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body and harms health at every stage of life. Increasingly, we are learning of the many ways that smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke harm reproductive and child health.
Continue reading Evidence Grows of How Smoking Harms Reproductive, Child Health
posted November 05, 2012
Elected officials must accelerate proven strategies
Editor
Aug 20, 2012
Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, has written an op-ed in The Huffington Post warning against complacency in the fight against tobacco use and calling on elected officials in the United States to finish the fight against the nation’s number one cause of preventable death.
Continue reading Let’s Finish the Fight Against Tobacco
posted August 20, 2012
Smokers also seek help online after seeing hard-hitting media campaign
Editor
Apr 2, 2012
Calls to the toll-free number that provides help to smokers trying to quit more than doubled in the first week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled new anti-smoking ads, which depict former smokers coping with devastating diseases and disabilities caused by their tobacco use.
Continue reading Powerful Anti-Smoking Ads Prompt Record Calls to Quit Lines
posted April 02, 2012
Less than two cents of every dollar in tobacco revenue used to combat tobacco use
Editor
Nov 30, 2011
States have slashed funding for programs to reduce tobacco use by 12 percent in the past year and by 36 percent over the past four years, threatening the nation’s progress against tobacco, according to a report released today by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and other public health organizations.
The states this year will collect a near-record $25.6 billion in revenue from the 1998 state tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend only 1.8 percent of it — $456.7 million — on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit. In other words, the states are spending less than two cents of every dollar in tobacco revenue to fight tobacco use.
Continue reading State Prevention Funding Cuts Threaten Progress Against Tobacco
posted November 30, 2011
CBS News highlights "tiny tobacco tariffs" in 15 states
Editor
Sep 8, 2011
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data this week showing the rate of adult smoking nationwide declined to 19.3 percent in 2010, CBS News decided to look at what it calls a "cigarette tax shocker" — the stunningly low rate of cigarette taxes in the 15 states that rank near the bottom in taxing cigarettes.
Continue reading States With Lowest Cigarette Taxes “Could Do a Lot More to Snuff Out the Smokes”
posted September 08, 2011
Critical shift in health care system
Editor
Jun 16, 2011
The Obama Administration today unveiled a National Prevention Strategy that makes tobacco-free living a top priority as the nation tries to shift the health care system from one focused on treating costly illnesses to a model that encourages wellness and prevention.
Continue reading Tobacco-Free Living a Top Priority in National Prevention Strategy
posted June 16, 2011
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