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... D.C. -- August 27, 2007 -- Presidential forums on cancer scheduled for today and tomorrow in Cedar Rapids, Iowa serve to elevate the importance of cancer on the national agenda and offer an opportunity for all presidential candidates to commit that they will make fighting cancer, the number ... in addressing the cancer crisis," said John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). "Deaths from cancer have declined for the second consecutive year in the United States, but 1.4 Americans will be newly diagnosed with cancer ... and Prevention’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, which provides uninsured and underinsured women with free or low-cost mammograms and Pap tests. This program is funded at a level serving only one out of five eligible women nationwide. No woman should be denied ...

... it fails to include the increase in the cigarette tax proposed by Governor Murphy. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) calls on the legislature to prioritize efforts to reduce tobacco’s deadly toll on New Jersey by adopting the $1.65 per pack cigarette tax increase before the end of this year. ACS CAN also asks the Legislature to: Prohibit the sale of all flavored tobacco products; Prohibit smoking in all casinos, and; Require Medicaid to cover FDA approved smoking cessation products. American ...

... any service required by the Affordable Care Act if they object based on undefined "religious beliefs or moral convictions." The implications of this provision could result in coverage denials of life-saving preventive services such as mammograms or tobacco cessation based on employer discretion.  The amendment failed 51-48.   Read ACS CAN's letter and press release opposing the amendment: ...

... evidence-based policies designed to fight cancer, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Florida earned a “green” rating in only one of nine categories examined in the annual How Do You Measure Up? report. Only two states achieved fewer positive ratings. Recognizing that 135,170 ... from the disease, implementing the nine evidenced-based public health policies detailed in the report would curb the human and financial toll of cancer in the state. These policies are designed to tackle tobacco use, encourage healthy behaviors and improve access to health screenings and ...