Emerging Issues Briefs

July 10, 2023 By Bryte Johnson Government Relations Director, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Connecticut The Connecticut General Assembly wrapped up its 2023 session late on June 7. The state Budget provided $453,000 in funding to create a new Lung Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Referral Program to be administered through the state Department of…

as Unintended Consequences of Tobacco Control Jamie S. Ostroff, PhD; Jamie L. Studts, PhD & the Cancer Special Interest Group (SIG) Behavioral medicine has played a seminal role in the development of multi-level behavior change interventions designed to reduce cancer risk. Most notably, comprehensive, multi-pronged population-level, tobacco control interventions have greatly reduced the appeal and…