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I Call on the Missouri Legislature to Support Legislation that Restricts Youth Under the Age of 18 From Using Indoor Tanning Devices

Let's protect a future generation from melanoma and other skin cancers by prohibiting minors from using indoor tanning devices.

The evidence is clear:

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ACS CAN Missouri 2019 State Legislative Priorities

Tan Free Teens

Protect Funding for Show-Me Healthy Women

Increase Tobacco Cessation Funding

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Missouri Needs to Spend Money to Stop Smoking

January 27, 2019

Missouri

Letter to the Editor from an ACS CAN volunteer in Joplin, MO talking about the importance of funding tobacco cessation and prevention programs in Missouri.

Missouri Needs to Spend Money to Stop Smoking

January 27, 2019

Missouri

Letter to the Editor from an ACS CAN volunteer in Joplin, MO talking about the importance of funding tobacco cessation and prevention programs in Missouri.

Report: Missouri ranks low in money spent on tobacco prevention

January 12, 2019

Missouri

Joplin Globe article on the importance of funding for tobacco cessation programs. Missouri ACS CAN Government Relations Director, Emily Kalmer, is quoted.

Report: Missouri Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

August 9, 2018

Missouri

Missouri falls short when it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce 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,” Missouri measured up to policy recommendations in just two of the nine issue areas. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network released the report today.