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American Cancer Society Advocacy Affiliate Applauds Los Angeles County for Taking Swift Action to End Sales of All Flavored Tobacco Products

24 de Septiembre de 2019
California

LOS ANGELES Calif . – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issues this statement from Los Angeles Government Relations Director Primo Castro following the vote by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today to eliminate all flavor tobacco sales: “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

Massachusetts Governor Issues Emergency E-Cigarette Ban

24 de Septiembre de 2019
Massachusetts

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker has declared e-cigarettes a “public health emergency” and has enacted a ban on the sale of e-cigarette products in Massachusetts. The following can be attributed to Marc Hymovitz, Massachusetts director of government relations for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “ACS CAN

56 Health and Other Organizations Back Trump Administration Plan to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market

24 de Septiembre de 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – In a letter to President Trump , 56 public health, medical, parent, educational and other organizations today expressed strong support for the Administration’s plan to remove flavored e-cigarettes from the market and urged that the plan be swiftly and fully implemented. A similar letter was

Cancer Advocates Highlight Innovations in Research and Cancer Early Detection at ACS CAN Idaho Policy Forum on Sept. 15

21 de Septiembre de 2019
Idaho

This year roughly 10,240 Idahoans will be diagnosed with cancer. Thanks in part to advances in cancer research and treatment, we are saving more lives than ever. But cancer remains a critical public health problem and getting new and affordable therapies from the research lab to the patient will require

ACS CAN Idaho Cancer Forum- Tobacco’s Impact on Idaho Health

21 de Septiembre de 2019
Idaho

An upcoming cancer forum on September 24 th in Boise will feature a keynote address by Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, one of the country’s top tobacco researchers. Halpern-Felsher will speak about Big Tobacco’s strategy to hook youth into a lifetime of addiction through aggressive marketing and enticing candy, fruit and menthol

Statement on Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s Lung Cancer Diagnosis

20 de Septiembre de 2019
Alabama

T he American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network released a statement about Alabama’s Gov. Kay Ivey being diagnosed with lung cancer:

House Leadership Proposes Broad Legislation to Reduce Patient Out-Of-Pocket Drug Costs

19 de Septiembre de 2019
Nacional

House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), introduced legislation intended to bring down patient drug costs.

American Cancer Society Advocacy Affiliate Applauds Recommendation by Los Angeles City Attorney to Halt Sales of All Flavored Tobacco Products

19 de Septiembre de 2019
California

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issues this statement from Los Angeles Government Relations Director Primo Castro following the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office’s recommendation to eliminate all flavor tobacco sales: “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds the

Growing use of e-cigarettes alarming

19 de Septiembre de 2019
Massachusetts

Link to letter online To the editor: As a concerned healthcare worker and volunteer with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, I am writing to stress the alarming increased use of e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products in middle and high school students. In 2011, 1.5 percent