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... coalitions, youth groups, the state Quitline and other smoking cessation services including free pharmacotherapy for those who want to quit, health promotion activities and advertising for the Quitline, and surveillance and evaluation activities.  The Assembly continues funding for tobacco enforcement activities by the Department of Health and local health units, and, in A.4000c, continues funding for the staff administering the program the Assembly proposes to eliminate.  The ... •    Cessation Interventions, including a well-advertised quitline that provides counseling and access to medications, and educates health care providers to increase the effectiveness of the medical community in encouraging smokers to quit; •    Surveillance and evaluation that ...

... meet (virtually) with lawmakers and staff to ask them to: increase funding for cancer research and prevention, ensure that subsities that make health care more affordable are made permanent and ensure that seniors on Medicare have access to new cancer screenings without delay.  I have been a ... a bill to increase the tobacco sale age to 21 Protected funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings Improved access to quality of life care for cancer patients in Connecticut And more . Join Coach: You can join Coach in the work that he does to support ACS CAN. We are looking for ...

... discussion of the bill. "By preventing teenagers from using tanning devices, we can reduce skin cancer rates and save lives as well as lower health care costs," Hogan said. According to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, indoor tanning use by people under the age of 35 increases ...

... priority by educating the public, lawmakers, candidates and the media about the importance of government’s role in expanding access to care to those 47 million uninsured Americans. Cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families gathered in Cleveland, shared their ... chance to share their story with their Members of Congress through the Picture A Cure program and sign a petition to support access to quality health care for all Americans.  The ACS CAN Fight Back Express bus tour comes on the heels of a major public education campaign by ACS CAN and the ... more productive lives.  However, scientific research is but one piece of the puzzle; improved prevention, early detection and access to quality health care are equally critical.  Together, we can win this fight.” To find out more about the ACS CAN Fight Back Express and how to make ...