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Tobacco Use Among U.S. Veterans is Nearly Double the National Average; Legislation Could Help Lessen Health Burden

January 11, 2018
National

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showing tobacco use by military veterans is nearly double the national average. The data, collected from 2010-2015 and published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, shows nearly 30 percent of veterans use some kind of tobacco.

Proposed Health Plan Rule Likely to Leave Patients with Insufficient Coverage at Higher Costs

January 4, 2018
National

As directed by the president’s executive order, the Department of Labor issued proposed rules governing the expansion of association health plans (AHP).

Repeal of Health Mandate Likely to Hurt Patients’ Access to Care

December 20, 2017
National

Today Congress approved a final tax bill that essentially repeals the nation’s health care law with no replacement. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), eliminating the insurance requirement from current law would lead to 13 million more Americans being uninsured by 2027 and would increase premiums by 10 percent annually.

ACS CAN President Says It’s Time to Put an End to Big Tobacco’s Lies

December 19, 2017
National

“Elected officials must seize the opportunity to put an end to the industry’s lies and manipulation by passing and implementing public health policies that finally eradicate the tremendous human and economic toll of tobacco use,” said American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network president Chris Hansen in an op-ed for the

ACS CAN Volunteers Write Letters-to-the-Editors About Historic Victory Against Big Tobacco

December 19, 2017
Missouri, National, Nebraska, Rhode Island

More than a decade after a lawsuit won by the American Cancer Society and other plaintiffs and after years of delays by Big Tobacco, tobacco companies finally had to come clean about the dangers of smoking.

Senate Health Care Repeal Puts Cancer Patients’ Coverage at Risk

December 1, 2017
National

Today the U.S. Senate passed a tax bill that essentially repeals the nation’s health care law with no replacement plan. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), eliminating the insurance requirement from current law would lead to 13 million more Americans being uninsured by 2027 and would increase premiums by 10 percent annually.

USDA Moves to Weaken School Nutrition Standards

November 29, 2017
National

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an interim final rule that would weaken nutrition standards for school meals and beverages.

NBC News interviews ACS CAN senior counsel for Big Tobacco story

November 27, 2017
National

“It is a really big watershed in terms of the industry actually coming clean for the first time ever about the health effects of smoking,” said Mary Rouvelas, senior counsel to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, in an interview with NBC News. For decades, Big Tobacco lied

Historic Victory Against Big Tobacco, American Cancer Society Efforts Mentioned in Associated Press Article

November 21, 2017
National

“Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend — but not by choice,” according to an Associated Press article. More than a decade after a lawsuit won by the American Cancer Society and other plaintiffs and after years of delays