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ACS CAN's Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Lobby Day

Today is the start of ACS CAN's signature annual event: our Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. We'll be welcoming more than 600 cancer patients, advocates, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district to Washington, D.C. for more than three days of training, events, keynote presentations and meetings with lawmakers. It's one of my favorite events of the year. Tuesday, advocates will ...

Tobacco Excise Tax Increases: Save Lives. Reduce Health Care Costs. Generate Revenue.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supports a comprehensive approach to tobacco control that includes significantly increasing excise taxes on all tobacco products to generate revenue, protect kids, and save lives. Significant tobacco tax increases are one of the most effective ways to prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and help adults quit. [i]     [i] U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization. The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control. National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph 21. NIH Publication No. 16-CA-8029A. Bethesda, MD: U.S. ...

Idaho Cancer Advocates Host Virtual Week of Action in Support of Increasing Tobacco Taxes

... advocates from across Idaho will meet virtually this week with state lawmakers for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Cancer Week of Action. During the virtual meetings, the advocates will urge their lawmakers to support a cigarette tax increase of $1.50 per pack with an equal tax increase on all other tobacco products including e-cigarettes. Currently, Idaho has one of the lowest cigarette ...

600 Advocates Meet with Lawmakers at Annual ACS CAN Lobby Day

... 600 cancer patients, survivors, caretakers, volunteers and staff from across the country convened recently in Washington, DC for the annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Constituents from all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam) and nearly every congressional district met with their lawmakers, urging Congress to support lifesaving policies ... asked their representatives to co-sponsor bipartisan legislation that would make palliative care more available to patients who need it. Remove cost barriers to colorectal cancer screenings . While the Affordable Care Act waives co-pays for screenings for colorectal cancer, Medicare ...

ACS CAN Urges Yes Vote on Avon's Tobacco Tax Increase on November Ballot

AVON, Colo. – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, urges voters to check ‘yes’ on Avon’s Ballot Issue 2B. It ... We are grateful to Avon’s Town Council for giving citizens the chance to vote in favor of local tobacco control. It will save lives and bring cost savings to the community." Colorado has not raised its tobacco taxes since 2005. The current tax of 84 cents per pack of cigarettes is one of ...

ACS CAN Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act and Calls for Ohio to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Policies

... Zimmerman American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: (888) 227-6446 Ext. 8601 E-mail: [email protected]       ACS CAN Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act and Calls for Ohio to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Policies   Columbus, Ohio – December 7, 2016 – Today, ... “The burden of tobacco use in Ohio remains staggering. In 2014, 7,500 cancer deaths were directly attributable to tobacco use and the annual cost to our health care system is $5.64 billion, this all is preventable.” said Stephens. “Ohio lawmakers must respond to the 92 percent of ...

New ACS CAN Tobacco Tax Ad Campaign Challenges Congress to be Heroes

Members of Congress, their staff and others in D.C. today will see a new ad in Capitol Hill newspapers and online with a big, bold headline: Senator Rescues Children .  What do you think? The ad campaign calls on members of Congress to become heroes by increasing the federal tobacco tax to save lives and save the nation health care dollars. Senators already have a ... will pass and become heroes rescuing children. Do you want to make your voice heard? Ask your U.S. Senators to cosponsor S.826 today! New ACS CAN Tobacco Tax Ad Campaign Challenges Congress to be Heroes ...

The Ohio House of Representatives Has Chosen Big Tobacco Over Buckeye Kids

Columbus, OH – May 2, 2017 – This statement can be attributed to Jeff Stephens, director of government relations in Ohio for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “The Ohio House of Representatives (OHR) has chosen Big Tobacco over buckeye kids. OHR passed a budget today that cut the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation ...

Majority of States Not Measuring Up on Laws to Fight Cancer

We know what needs to be done to save more lives from cancer, and many of those solutions are policy solutions. By encouraging prevention, guaranteeing access to affordable health care, curbing tobacco use and focusing on patientsŠ—' quality of life lawmakers can help fight cancer. These measures have been proven to dramatically reduce the burden of cancer, a disease that still kills 1,500 people in this ...

Tobacco Users Trying to Quit Ahead of April 1 $2 Tax Increase

  Steph McCorkle American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network 916 802-4033 [email protected]      Tobacco Users Trying to Quit Ahead of April 1 $2 Tax Increase Health Groups Offer Resources for Californians Wanting to End the Addiction Sacramento, CA – March 31, 2017 – It’s no April Fool’s joke: Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in California, with an estimated 40,000 Californians dying each year from smoking-related diseases. The new $2 per pack ... the nicotine in e-cigarettes, which are increasing in usage among teens in California. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Lung Association (ALA) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have joined forces to encourage those who are wanting to quit do ...

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