David Annette M, Haddock Robert L, Bordallo Renata, Dirige Janet T, Mery Les
Health Partners, LLC, P.O. Box 9969, Tamuning 96931, Guam.
University of Guam, Cancer Research Center, UOG Station, Mangilao 96923, Guam.
J Cancer Policy. 2017 Jun;12:34-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2017.03.006. Epub 2017 Mar 12.
Cancer registries that provide reliable data on cancer incidence, mortality and burden are essential to cancer control. However, establishing sustainable local funding mechanisms to support cancer registries remains a challenge in many countries. Guam, an unincorporated Territory of the United States of America in the Western Pacific, enacted a bill that raised tobacco taxes, and earmarked a percentage of tobacco tax revenues to support its Cancer Registry. This provided a reliable funding stream for the Registry, allowing for continued staffing and capacity building; at the same time, youth tobacco consumption decreased following the tax increase. Linking tobacco tax revenues to cancer registry support is a feasible strategy with a double benefit: higher tobacco prices from higher tobacco taxes reduce tobacco-related cancer risk while assuring the long-term viability of systematic cancer data collection and dissemination.
提供有关癌症发病率、死亡率和负担可靠数据的癌症登记机构对癌症控制至关重要。然而，在许多国家，建立可持续的地方资助机制以支持癌症登记机构仍然是一项挑战。关岛是西太平洋美利坚合众国的一个未合并领土，颁布了一项提高烟草税的法案，并将一定比例的烟草税收入指定用于支持其癌症登记处。这为登记处提供了可靠的资金流，使其能够持续配备人员并进行能力建设；与此同时，增税后青少年烟草消费有所下降。将烟草税收入与癌症登记处支持联系起来是一项具有双重益处的可行战略：更高的烟草税导致更高的烟草价格，降低了与烟草相关的癌症风险，同时确保了系统癌症数据收集和传播的长期可行性。
