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... Affordable Care Act. This will provide an opportunity for interested parties to submit data and other information relevant to the implementation of the menu labeling provisions in the new law. The provisions require restaurants and retail food establishments that are part of a chain with 20 ... to the Affordable Care Act, some state and local governments required restaurants in their jurisdiction to post nutritional information. ACS CAN has worked on this issue on the state level for a number of years, and will submit formal comments to the FDA. The Affordable Care Act requires ... more people got screened.   The Affordable Care Act will greatly improve screening rates by improving access to insurance coverage and removing cost barriers to screening.   The report provides solid evidence that improvements in screening rates could yield dramatic results: 1,900 ...

    Women need access to life-saving mammography We Can’t Afford to Back Down From the Fight Against Breast Cancer—Especially in Tough Economic Times. Cancer advocates and women around the state ... (which was $29 million). And now the Governor wants to cut this life-saving program by an additional $1 million. This move will leave thousands of uninsured women without access to life-saving cancer screening and treatment.   Why is this program, which predominately serves women, ... Detecting cancer early, when it is most treatable, saves lives and it also saves money. The New York State Department of Health estimates the cost of the Cancer Services Program in the last year was offset by $46 million in savings due to early detection. GROWING DEMAND… As more people ...

... to meet with Ohio’s lawmakers about the need to properly fund the state’s Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention Program, raising the age of sale for all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21 and providing access to care through the state’s Breast and Cervical Cancer ... by taking steps to make the fight against cancer a priority. The visit is part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Cancer Action Day event.  “As a cancer survivor, I let my lawmakers know if we’re going to eliminate cancer as a major health problem in ... investment will allow the state to help prevent kids from starting to use tobacco products and to help people quit, while delivering health and cost-saving benefits to Ohio. Amend Proposal to Increase the Age of Sale for Tobacco to 21 to Protect Youth from Tobacco Discuss amendments to Gov. ...

... cigarette. Tobacco companies designed cigarettes to make them more addictive. There is no safe exposure to secondhand smoke. Thanks to the work of ACS CAN and others, we’ve been able to reduce tobacco use throughout the country.  Our three-legged approach has included increasing taxes on ... with evidence-based programs and resources to help them quit. Despite major progress in reducing tobacco use, it is still the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. and kills more than 480,000 Americans every year. An epidemic created entirely by the companies who have lied to ...