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... Jim Coffman recognized Beech Grove bars and clubs that have elected to go smoke-free. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the Breathe Easy Beech Grove coalition encourage the common council to protect Beech Grove residents from the dangers of secondhand smoke by introducing a comprehensive ordinance as soon as possible that would make all workplaces, including bars and restaurants, ... to breathe clean, smoke-free air.  “When communities implement comprehensive, smoke-free laws, everyone benefits - workers’ long-term risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease drop, adults trying to quit smoking are more likely to try to quit and employers benefit from reduced ...

... it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality,  Rhode Island measured up to policy recommendations in five of the nine issue areas ranked. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).   “This 15 th  edition of the report shows just how far we’ve come in the last decade and a half passing policies proven to reduce ...

Sioux Falls, S.D. – Patient advocacy organizations including AARP South Dakota, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Heart Association, South Dakota State Medical Association and the South Dakota Nurses Association have united to launch South ... Decide Healthcare , an effort to let South Dakota voters determine if the state should expand Medicaid health care coverage to more than 42,000 of their fellow lower-income residents. The coalition—one of the broadest to ever launch a ballot measure in South Dakota—is collecting ... in its first two years. Over five years, Medicaid expansion would return more than $1.3 billion to South Dakota from Washington, D.C., at a cost of only $3.8 million in state funds. "These savings will matter to voters, and South Dakotans Decide Healthcare is the only initiative  that ...

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 North Carolinians touched ... is vital to defeating this disease. In 2021, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the North Carolina General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that address disruption in cancer care and ... 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. 2021 North Carolina Legislative Priorities ...