Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States, 2019

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40% of all incident cancers and 44% of all cancer deaths among US adults aged 30 and over were attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors. Cigarette smoking was the leading risk factor contributing to both cancer cases and overall deaths. 

Ivana Thompson, PharmD

Ivana Thompson earned her Pharm.D. degree from University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy and has been practicing in California for over 20 years. She has worked in  community and outpatient pharmacies, then as a consultant pharmacist for Medi-Cal DUR.

Deirdra Stockmann, PhD

Deirdra Stockmann, Ph.D., M.U.P. is the Director of the Division of Quality and Health Outcomes in the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Since joining CMS in 2012, Deirdra has worked with state Medicaid and CHIP agencies and their partners to improve health outcomes by improving access to and quality of health services for people enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, CDCES, FAPhA

Dr. Lisa Kroon is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy at the University of California in San Francisco. She is also the Assistant Chief Pharmacy Office of Clinical Innovation, Education and Research at UCSF Health and oversees ambulatory pharmacy practice. Dr.

Stephanie Koenig, MPH

Stephanie Koenig is the Communications Specialist for the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) at the University of California, San Francisco. She is responsible for developing and implementing communication strategies and projects to effectively convey SCLC's messages to its target audiences. In addition, she serves as the Communications Specialist for UCSF's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE). 

A Call for Health Equity in Tobacco Control and Treatment for the Justice-Involved Population

Tobacco-related disparities in the justice-involved population represent a largely ignored health equity and human rights issue. Read this new paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that we co-authored with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry.