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The Day - Fighting to raise smoking age to cut lung cancer risks - News from southeastern Connecticut

Fighting to raise smoking age to cut lung cancer risks Evelyn Levesque and her father, Roger, attended Lobby Day at the State Capitol in Hartford in 2019. Both advocated for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the Tobacco 21 Law. (photo courtesy of Natalie Cullen Shurtleff) Published December 22. 2020 7:46AM  Jan Tormay, Special to The Times When 6-year-old Evelyn Levesque’s grandfather Gary Scheyd died at 58 of lung cancer in 2008, she didn’t understand what was happening. Once she got more involved with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the Tobacco 21 Law along with her father, Roger, in 2017, she said he explained, “You have a personal connection to Tobacco 21…You have a reason to want this and to support this. He told me how my grandfather started (smoking) when he was young and he was never able to quit. Inevitably, the smoking caught up to him and that was exactly why he got lung cancer and passed away.”

Biomarkers pave the way to personalized care: Quanterix

Biomarkers pave the way to personalized care: Quanterix An executive from the digital biomarker tech company explains the myriad benefits of biomarker analysis in advancing precision health solutions. Biomarkers increasingly have become an invaluable tool in identifying, analyzing and developing treatment for various diseases. Outsourcing-Pharma discussed with Kevin Hrusovsky (KH) president, chair and CEO of Quanterix discussed the evolution of the technology and how it continues to revolutionize drug discovery and development. OSP: Could you please share how use of biomarkers has evolved in recent years, including any landmarks/developments in 2020?​ KH: Today, researchers across the healthcare spectrum depend on biomarkers to identify, study and inform treatment for a range of diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, MS, cancer, HIV and many more. These applications grew exponentially with the advent of highly sensitive technologies that can meas

Tax hike on cigarettes? Group says increase of $1 per pack in order

Fingerlakes1.com Menu The price of cigarettes could be going up soon. If approved as suggested, it would increase the levy by $1 per pack of cigarettes in the next budget. The call came from a group of anti-tobacco and public health organizations. It would be the first tax levy hike on these products in a decade. “Increasing the tax on tobacco products is a no-brainer,” said American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Senior New York Government Relations Director Julie Hart to Spectrum News. “A tobacco tax increase is a win-win-win. It will incentive smokers to quit, reduce healthcare costs and generate revenue the state desperately needs for public health programs.”

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