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Clinic Participating in Lung Cancer Program

A Kanawha County clinic is participating in a pilot program to screen patients for lung cancer.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the American Cancer Society is overseeing the three-year project with support from a $1.25 million grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation’s Bridging Cancer Care initiative.

Cabin Creek Health Systems will receive $75,000 a year for three years to help develop the program.

State health statistics indicate West Virginia has one of the highest lung cancer rates in the country.

Shauna Shafer of the American Cancer Society says the funding will help Cabin Creek build electronic records, identify and contact patients who qualify for the screening and navigate patients to treatment, among other things.

Report: W.Va. Lax on Tobacco Prevention Funding

A group of public health organizations say West Virginia isn’t spending enough money on programs to prevent tobacco use.

According to a report, states this year will collect $25.6 billion from the national tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes. But they’ll spend less than 2 percent of it on tobacco prevention and cessation programs.

The report was released by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the American Cancer Society and several other groups.

It says West Virginia is spending $4.9 million on tobacco prevention funding in the current fiscal year. That’s only about 18 percent of the $27.4 million recommended to be spent by federal officials.

The groups say states are shortchanging programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, as well as save lives and health care costs.

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