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Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families

The letter below was delivered to Gov. Paterson today from the American Cancer Society to express concern over reports that a proposed casino in the Catskills will include smoking areas, leaving workers and patrons exposed to deadly secondhand smoke. By Hand November 19, 2010 Honorable David Paterson Governor State

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families

Please click on the link below to read this helpful pamphlet. How_ACA_is_Helping_Cancer_People_with_Cancer_and_Their_Families_11-10.pdf

To commemorate the 35 th Great American Smokeout on Thursday, ACS CAN is calling on state lawmakers to combat the countryŠ—Ès tobacco epidemic with strong policies that encourage youth and adults not to smoke. Comprehensive smoke-free policies, including smoke-free workplaces, tobacco tax increases, and funding for tobacco cessation programs, help

Please click on the link below to sign the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont's Resolution to Raise the Tobacco Tax by at Least $1.00. VT_Tobacco_Tax_Campaign_Postcard_one_per_page.doc

Researchers at the John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland are finding ways to improve the drug Gleevec by creating a vaccine that can reduce or eliminate the last remaining cancer cells in some Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) patients. This would help diminish rates of relapse when not all

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.