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WASHINGTON – December 10, 2009 – “The House of Representatives today showed a renewed commitment to defeat cancer, passing an FY 2010 domestic appropriations bill that includes long overdue ... to survive and less expensive to treat.  A colorectal cancer screening program will give low-income individuals access to screenings that can detect pre-cancerous lesions and prevent the disease altogether thanks to a 14 percent funding boost.  Additional funding will enable tobacco ... funding can the NIH, NCI, NCHMD, and the CDC conduct their important work to conquer a disease that will kill an estimated 560,000 Americans and cost the economy more than $228 billion this year.” ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, ...

  SANTA FE, NM–  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will be presenting testimony this week at three legislative hearings in Santa Fe that could help forge a new direction in the state’s battle ... biggest opportunity to save lives and reduce health care costs continues to be implementing evidenced-based solutions which help reduce the use of tobacco products,” said Sandra Adondakis, government relations director for ACS CAN in New Mexico. “These solutions include increasing the price of tobacco products, implementing comprehensive smoke-free policies and fully funding tobacco prevention and cessation programs.  All of these ...

ALBANY, NY – JANUARY 10, 2023 – This afternoon Governor Hochul joined leaders from across New York to give the annual State of the State address, outlining her policy priorities for the coming year. In the accompanying written document titled, “Achieving the New York Dream,” Governor Hochul denoted that a key pillar of her 2023 legislative agenda will be curbing tobacco use. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds the Governor’s decision to target ending the sale of all other flavored tobacco products and increase the cigarette tax by $1, ...

... recurring, the legislature has helped to provide these programs with more stability for developing long-range plans to best serve the people of our state.” South Carolina’s BCN was first funded by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 1991   through the National Breast and ... screening services for uninsured and medically underserved South Carolinian's thereby addressing barriers to care and reducing healthcare cost to our State. In 2016, the CCPN provided colorectal cancer screening to 582 uninsured individuals, which contributed to the removal of ... breast and cervical cancer in 2017.  And, 2,270 men and women in the state are projected to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. A b out ACS CAN ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...