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Last evening, the Ketchum City Council voted unanimously to pass a comprehensive smoke-free ordinance that includes bars, small businesses, hotels and motels, hookah bars, tobacco shops, bus stops and various outdoor areas.ξ The new law also doesn't include any exemptions for e-cigarettes, and it will go into effect next Wednesday,

After 2 years of planning, 19 committees, over 100 amendments, and countless hours of discussion, Governor Mark Dayton signed the Minnesota Insurance Marketplace Act into law on March 20, 2013.

Sequestration is now in effect, and the impact of its required, across-the-board funding cuts will soon be felt throughout the spectrum of cancer research and care. From research to screening to treatment, nothing is likely to be spared. 32,000ξfewew mammograms will be givenξto women who need them 1,400 promising medical

Their voices came in from Alabama to Wyoming. They called from all 50 states and told Congress, in their own words, why we canŠ—Èt afford to cut funding for cancer research. You can hear the stories of the more than 1,100 people whose lives have been touched by cancer on

Ken Stock thought he was out of options. The retired lawyer and father of three was fighting melanoma and doctors had told him no further treatments were available. It was around that time when advice from other stage IV melanoma patients led him to Dr. Geoffery WeissŠ—Ès clinical trials at

A new poll revealed that a majority of voters want their state to accept money from the federal government that will allow more hard-working, low-income families to obtain affordable health care coverage. The poll conducted by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network surveyed voters in seven states. A majority

A U.S. District Judge has ruled that tobacco companies deliberately deceived Americans about the health dangers of cigarettes.ξ Now, Judge Gladys Kessler is ordering Big Tobacco to be honest and provide truthful information about their deadly products. Your American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network has been at the forefront of

Members of Congress returned to Capitol Hill today for their first post-election meetings, and ACS CAN wasted no time in making sure that funding for cancer research was on their minds. ACS CAN joined its partners in the One Voice Against Cancer coalition to conduct a lobby day on Capitol

Measure 4, a smoke-free ballot initiative in North Dakota supported by ACS CAN, passed yesterday 66.66% to 33.34%.ξ The measure approved Tuesday puts into place a comprehensive law prohibiting indoor smoking in places not protected under current state statute, including bars, motels, private nursing homes, cabs and public transportation.ξ It