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... cancer and its treatments can cause pain in patients and survivors, ACS CAN has made pain management issues a priority. Right now, the current health care reform bill will provide important incentives and trainings for doctors to treat patients for pain. This will help with the quality of life ... ACS CAN is also working on legislation that will help educate doctors and patients about the need for better pain care for cancer patients. Health care reform will ensure that doctors and patients take the time to discuss treating pain and ensuring that no cancer patient will have to ...

Washington, D.C. June 26, 2013 The Massachusetts state legislature took a major step to save lives and protect public health today by passing a $1 increase to the state 's cigarette tax which would bring the new total to $3.51 a pack. The increase, which was part ... never try smoking as a result. The increase will go into effect seven days after being signed into law. Increasing tobacco taxes protects public health by reducing smoking and lowering health spending, said John R. Seffrin, Œ_Œ_Œ_chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society ... (ACS CAN). We encourage more states to follow Massachusetts ' lead and consider a tobacco tax increase as a reliable means to reduce health care costs and invest in critical health programs. It 's a win for states every way you look at it. ACS CAN estimates that the $1 increase will ...

... introduced bipartisan legislation today that would improve the experience of cancer patients and their families by better coordinating their care from the point of diagnosis and addressing the often debilitating symptoms of treatment. The bill would put in place the building blocks ... bill would facilitate and expand federal research into palliative care; support training for nurses, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals to effectively practice palliative care; and establish a national palliative care public education and awareness campaign. ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

... "Of particular note, Speaker Pelosi promoted support for robust and sustained investment in cancer research at the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute; elimination of discrimination and increased access to affordable, comprehensive health care through passage of the Affordable Care Act; and advancement of evidence-based tobacco control laws that have encouraged adults to quit and ...