The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is challenging Altria Group, Inc., the largest tobacco manufacturer in the country, to provide proof of the company 's claims in recent advertising that it markets its deadly products responsibly, despite the tobacco industry 's decades-long history of deceiving the public.
WASHINGTON May 16, 2012 The U.S.
WASHINGTON May 16, 2012 The information released today on the federally-facilitated health exchanges represents a positive step toward ensuring that people with cancer and their families nationwide have meaningful access to health care.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Our organizations strongly support the legislation introduced today by U.S. Sen.
WASHINGTON May 9, 2012 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, together with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association, sent a letter to the lawmakers in the U.S.
WASHINGTON April 26, 2012 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, sent a letter to the lawmakers in the U.S.
WASHINGTON April 25, 2012 Families affected by cancer are encouraged by efforts in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC -- April 24, 2012 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S.
Sacramento -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, today announced a $1 million contribution to Yes on Proposition 29, the California-based initiative on the June 5 ballot that raises the tax on a pack of cigarettes by
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued strong draft guidelines detailing the obligations of the tobacco companies to provide scientific proof of any claims that their products reduce harm to the public, including existing and potential consumers, and to report the quantity of each of the potentially most ælethal elements in its products.