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One Year Later: Provisions of the Law Already Helping Cancer Patients   Timed to coincide with yesterday’s one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, ACS CAN launched the Affordable Care Act Quiz , a new, interactive tool that can be found on fightcancer.org . This short, educational quiz tests your ...

The following is the text of a letter from Donald Distasio, American Cancer Society of New York and New Jersey Chief Executive Officer, to Governor Andrew Cuomo.  The letter was hand-delivered on March 18, 2011. A PDF version of ... by increases in adult and teenage tobacco use rates. There is every possibility that a comprehensive, strategically-designed intervention can reverse these setbacks, but an adequate level of activity must be maintained.   This will be done if the appropriation in your Executive ...

... Campaign Express  SANTA FE, N.M. – February 9, 2015 – Cancer survivors, caregivers and healthcare professionals from across the state, many of them “riding the rails” to get to the New Mexico Capitol today, had a simple request to lawmakers:  Make the cancer fight a top policy ... day-long activities that started with a visit to Governor Susanna Martinez’s office.  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gives people touched by cancer a way to make a difference by teaching them how to make their voices heard.  Once a year, as the legislative session gets underway, volunteer advocates head to the Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol and many of them pack a car on the New Mexico Rail Runner as they rally together in preparation for the day’s activities. Media were invited to ride along ...

... NJ –July 31, 2017 – The New Jersey Assembly has passed a lifesaving bill (A3338) that would dedicate one percent, approximately $7 million, of cigarette and tobacco tax dollars, to the New Jersey tobacco control program. This action follows Governor Christie’s conditional veto of the earlier version of the bill. The conditional veto simply sent the legislation back to the Assembly and the Senate with a later date of ... This funding is a first step toward saving lives in New Jersey. The advocates included: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, American Lung Association and New Jersey Prevention ...