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Join our efforts become an anti-tobacco advocate

Join our efforts to to update Montana’s smoke-free law to include e-cigarettes, raise the price of all tobacco products including e-cigarettes, and increase tobacco prevention funding to help people who want to quit be successful.

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2020 Cancer Summit

This event will focus on what cancer-related health disparities look like in rural states including Montana and how we can work together to improve cancer related outcomes and eliminate cancer disparities. This event will convene leaders in business, academia, patient advocacy, as well as other key stakeholders in Montana to capture the latest and best thinking about the importance of addressing social determinants of health.

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You CAN prevent skin cancer

Melanoma incidence has increased in Montana. This year, 450 Montana residents will be diagnosed with melanoma. Currently 19 states and DC have enacted comprehensive laws restricting tanning for people under 18. Montana does not have a law that restricts people under 18 from using tanning devices. Sign the petition.

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Cancer Organization Encouraged by Governor Bullock’s Permanent Rule to End Flavored E-cigarette Sales

June 16, 2020

Montana

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is encouraged about Governor Steve Bullock’s commitment to reducing tobacco use. Today the Montana Department of Public Health issued a permanent rule requested by Governor Bullock to end the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in Montana. ACS CAN believes this is a good start and encourages communities to prohibit the sale of all flavored tobacco products to protect kids.

Survey: COVID-19 Affecting Patients’ Access to Cancer Care

April 16, 2020

Montana

MISSOULA, Montana—Cancer patients and those who’ve recently completed treatment are finding it challenging to get necessary health care amid the COVID-19 pandemic and many are experiencing financial stress trying to afford care in an increasingly difficult economic environment. According to the latest survey from Survivor Views, a national cohort of

Miss Montana Mo Shea Joins Forces with American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network for Skin Cancer Prevention

February 3, 2020

Montana

HELENA, Mont.—Preventing skin cancer and protecting teens from the dangers of tanning is the goal of a new partnership between Miss Montana 2019 Mo Shea and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. Shea's social impact initiative as Miss

American Cancer Society Advocacy Affiliate Encouraged by Governor Bullock for Actions to Address Youth E-cigarette Epidemic

October 9, 2019

Montana

HELENA, Mont. – October 9, 2019 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issues this statement from ACS CAN Montana State Lead Ambassador Keri Yoder following the announcement by Governor Steve Bullock yesterday directing the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services to implement emergency administrative

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Montana Events

October 21, 2020

2020 Cancer Summit: Health Equity in the Fight to End Cancer in Rural America

This event will focus on what cancer-related health disparities look like in rural states Montana and how we can work together to improve cancer outcomes and eliminate cancer disparities. This event will convene leaders in business, academia, patient advocacy, as well as other key stakeholders in Montana to capture the...

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