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... York state legislature took a major step to save lives and protect public health by increasing the state’s cigarette tax by $1.60 to a total of $4.35 a pack. The increase, which makes New York’s cigarette tax the first to top $4 per pack, will mean fewer smokers, more revenue and healthier futures for the thousands of kids who will never try smoking as a result. The increase will go into effect July 1. “The American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), championed the tobacco tax increase in New York to prompt current smokers to quit and prevent youth from starting. An estimated 2.6 million ...

2017 ACS CAN OKC Cancer Policy Forum  Cancer Research & Clinical Trials in Oklahoma You are invited to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network's ... Oklahoma. Guests will include leading researchers, oncologists, health professionals, citizen-volunteers and health care advocates. There is no cost to attend. Advances in cancer research are fueling the way for better prevention, screening and treatment options. Researchers in Oklahoma received more than $87 million from the National Institutes of Health last year to support their efforts to help keep us healthy and develop better treatments when we are sick. Please join us to hear more ...

  The 2017 Kentucky Legislative Session has ended.  ACS CAN saw a major win (see below) on tobacco cessation legislation!  We also saw progress on other critical issues that we will continue to push ... Task Force (USPSTF) for tobacco cessation, including all seven Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications and all three forms of counseling without cost-sharing or prior authorization.  SB 89 passed with overwhelming support, and was signed into law on March 21, 2017! Tobacco Free Schools: ...

As America begins its recovery from the COVID pandemic, there is an important part of our health care system that remains stalled – cancer clinical trials.   When COVID struck, federally-funded clinical trials were immediately ... However, the federal grants provided to cancer researchers in 2019 or early 2020 simply didn’t account for a pandemic and the associated costs of having to shut down and then restart research. New specimens must be taken. Tests must be repeated. Additional supplies must be purchased. While ... us in asking Congress to provide funding to restart clinical trials and ensure that potentially lifesaving breakthroughs are not lost.  You can send a message to your members of Congress right now using ACS CAN’s easy action form. It takes less than a minute to do, but the impact ...