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IN: Share Your Colorectal Cancer Story

Share your story, or the story of someone you know, who has been impacted by colorectal cancer

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Petition: I Support Tan Free Teens

Indoor tanning, like tobacco, causes cancer. Indiana doesn't allow kids younger than 18 buy cigarettes and we think it's time for the Hoosier state to protect teens under 18 from indoor tanning, too.

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Petition: I Support Increasing the Tobacco Tax by $2 to Prevent Addiction, Help Adults Quit & Save Lives!

Next session we will fight to increase the tobacco tax because it will help prevent young Hoosiers from every buying their first pack of cigarettes and help adults quit - which will not only save lives, but will save Indiana $360 million in healthcare costs.

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Indiana Priorities

Increase Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Funding

Improve Access to Care

Increase Indiana's Cigarette Tax Rate

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2020 Indiana Legislative Session Wrap Up

March 19, 2020

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With the 2020 Indiana General Assembly in the rearview mirror, we are excited to share some significant wins with you! Below are the legilsative priorities we fought for this past session and the result of all your actions! Tobacco Prevention Tobacco addiction remains Indiana’s leading public health threat, killing

Colorectal Cancer Screening Coverage Tops American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s List of 2020 Legislative Priorities

January 2, 2020

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – As lawmakers dive into the new year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is pursuing legislation that will ease the burden of cancer in Indiana. The latest edition of the ACS CAN’s How Do You Measure Up? report shows that Indiana can

Governor Holcomb Addresses Indiana’s Health Crisis

December 10, 2019

Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Today, Gov. Holcomb addressed the youth tobacco-use crisis and announced his plans to combat it at the statehouse. In response to the announcement of this legislative agenda, Bryan Hannon, Indiana government relations director for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released the following statement. “ACS

Indiana Falls Short on Tobacco Control, Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

August 1, 2019

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Indiana continues to fall short when it comes to passing legislation that prevents and reduces suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Indiana failed to measure up to policy recommendations in nearly all areas of tobacco control.