Cancer Action Events

2019 Maryland ACS CAN Policy Forum on Electronic Smoking Devices and Tobacco Taxes

The statistics are startling—1 in 3 individuals in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Support ACS CAN’s efforts to ensure the next scientific breakthroughs happen sooner rather than later – and that those breakthroughs reach those who need them! The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network...

ACS CAN Pennsylvania will host its annual policy forum in Pittsburgh on October 23, 2019. This event will bring together key leaders and decision makers in government, research and academia to discuss survivorship and the future of cancer care.

Tobacco use remains the number one cause of preventable death in Utah. $542 million in annual health care costs in Utah can be attributed to smoking. Join us to hear about the impact that tobacco use has on our state, the latest data showing tobacco use among Utah’s youth, and learn ways in which evidence-based public policy solutions can impact tobacco use in Utah.

The 2019 event will include keynote speaker Governor Kim Reynolds, and will focus on cancer research and policy solutions.

Join us for our annual Healthcare Policy Forum which will highlight the cost of cancer. This event brings together Oregon's key leaders and decision makers in buisness, medical research, cancer care, health policy, and government to focus on actions elected leaders can take to end the fight against cancer.