Increase Funding for DC Tobacco Control Programs
The Society will advocate increased city funding for tobacco control programs in the District
A priority of the American Cancer Society is to reduce illness and deaths due to tobacco use.
The Society will defend smoke-free policies, expand cessation benefits under all state mandated health insurance plans, increase state tobacco taxes, and advocate funding tobacco control programs at the CDC recommended level.
In an effort to treat and reduce tobacco dependence among District residents the Society will advocate for funding to sustain the city's Quitline service and cessation program in the FY 2010 budget. The program provides Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) medications; face-to-face and phone counseling cessation services, as well as youth tobacco prevention outreach
Unless specifically noted otherwise, the Society, and not ACS CAN, is conducting the activities described on this page.
