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Victory in the fight against cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Georgians impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2025 the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the GA General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance ... cessation benefit that covers individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care.   For more information, contact: Fabienne Antoine-Nasser, ACS CAN Georgia Government Relations ...

As the leading patient group in the health care debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) continues to work to ensure that the voices of cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones are heard. This week, 15 cancer patients and their caregivers came to Washington, D.C., for a ... needed now, not later.  The cancer advocates had contacted the American Cancer Society’s Health Insurance Assistance Service (HIAS), and some of them were featured in the February report by the Society and the Kaiser Family Foundation titled, “Spending to Survive: Cancer Patients ...

There is no safe level of secondhand smoke. Even brief exposure can cause immediate harm! Each year, secondhand smoke causes nearly 42,000 deaths among nonsmokers, including 7,300 lung cancer deaths. The best ... smoke, encourage adults to quit smoking and reduce medical costs. Currently, 25 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia have laws ensuring 100 percent smoke-free workplaces, including restaurants and bars. Has your state taken steps to limit secondhand ...

Eagan, Minn. – As we dive into a new legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) prompts legislators to prioritize passing public policies that promote cancer prevention, improve patient quality of life, prevent youth commercial tobacco use and help adults quit tobacco, and expand equitable access to quality, affordable health care. ... ensuring more Minnesotans have access to individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care. End the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products: The tobacco industry uses menthol, other candy- and ...