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Key public health, patient and provider groups have come out in support of improving access to biomarker testing in New Jersey, urging lawmakers to advance and pass Assembly Bill 4163 / Senate Bill 3098 this legislative session. This fall, a broad coalition of over 30 organizations, medical leaders and patient advocates wrote to members of the Assembly Financial Institutions & Insurance (AFI) Committee to vote in favor of A4163, which they did—unanimously—several weeks ago. Now, the New Jersey Biomarker Coalition is looking to the Assembly Appropriations and Senate Commerce Committees to take up this bill and follow the lead of their AFI member colleagues.

The Oakland City Council passed a smoke-free ordinance to prohibit smoking in multi-unit housing and bar patios; however, the ordinance exempts smoking cannabis in multi-unit housing.

Groups representing millions of health care professionals and patients with serious and chronic health conditions filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Tennessee et al. v. Becerra in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

In a tremendous victory for public health, the U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear a tobacco industry challenge to graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertisements required under a 2020 FDA rule .

Durante el Gran Dia de No Fumar® (Great American Smokeout®) de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS, por sus siglas en inglés) de este año, el 21 de noviembre, la ACS y la Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN, por sus siglas en inglés) alientan a las personas que consumen tabaco a dar un paso importante hacia una vida más saludable al hacer un plan para dejar de fumar.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Today, Cancer patients, survivors and advocates are marking the American Cancer Society's 48th annual Great American Smokeout by calling on elected officials across the state to do more to reduce tobacco use. The Great American Smokeout is a day for people who use tobacco to

SALEM, Ore. – Cancer patients, survivors and advocates are marking the American Cancer Society's 48th annual Great American Smokeout® today by calling on elected officials across the state to do more to reduce tobacco use. The Great American Smokeout is a day for people who use tobacco to create a

OLYMPIA, Wash. –– Cancer patients, survivors and advocates are marking the American Cancer Society's 48th annual Great American Smokeout® today by calling on elected officials across the state to do more to reduce tobacco use. The Great American Smokeout is a day for people who use tobacco to create a