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The House and Senate passed a final Budget Resolution today that fosters forward progress on efforts to reform our health care system and lays the foundation for funding increases for research and prevention over FY 2009 funding levels.

Four in ten Americans say they would not be able to afford all the treatment and care needed if they were suddenly diagnosed with cancer, and one in five Americans says they are likely to lose their health insurance in the next 12 months, according to a national bipartisan poll released today.

Raising the cigarette tax in Southern states by $1 per pack would help ease the economic crisis that weighs heavily on the region and its hard-working families, and would also improve the health of its residents, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and Community Catalyst.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 22, 2009 -- Urging the U.S. Senate to put children’s health before Big Tobacco, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network began a sustained print and online advertising campaign this week in support of legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco