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ACS CAN New Jersey unites and empowers cancer survivors, caregivers and volunteers across the Garden State to advocate for legislation and funding to FIGHT CANCER. We take action through legislative visits, community events, correspondence and media outreach - join us and make your voice heard.

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Raise the cigarette tax to save lives

Increasing the price of cigarettes in New Jersey by $1.65 per pack will save 18,700 lives in our state. Ask Governor Murphy to raise the price of these products and devote funds to programs that prevent kids from starting to use tobacco products and help current tobacco users quit. 

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New Jersey

Preserve funding for cancer prevention programs in the budget and raise the cigarette tax to save lives from tobacco

Send Governor Murphy a message asking him to preserve funding in the budget for both the Cancer Education and Early Detection Screening Program and the State Commission on Cancer Research, and to support a $1.65 per pack cigarette tax increase with additional funding dedicated to New Jersey's tobacco control program. These programs provide lifesaving, cost-saving and innovative services to New Jerseyans in need. 

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Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

2020 Tri-State Virtual Forum

A substantial proportion of cancers could be prevented. According to a recent study by American Cancer Society researchers, at least 42% of newly diagnosed cancers in the US – about 750,000 cases in 2020 – are potentially avoidable. 

Join us for a discussion on the importance of health equity, prevention and what can be done to stop cancer from even starting.

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ACS CAN New Jersey Assembly Budget Testimony

September 16, 2020
New Jersey

ACS CAN New Jersey Governmnt Relations Government Relations Director submitted this to the Assembly Budget Committee on Sept. 10, 2020

ACS CAN Provides Written Testimony Regarding the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget

September 14, 2020
New Jersey

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, provided written testimony today to the New Jersey Assembly and Senate Budget Committees today regarding the fiscal year 2021 budget. In the testimony ACS CAN called for: Protecting all New

ACS CAN Praises Upcoming Executive Order that will Prohibit Smoking in Indoor Casinos

September 4, 2020
New Jersey

Gov. Murphy today announced an upcoming Executive Order that will prohibit smoking in casinos.

After Gov. Murphy’s Executive Order ACS CAN Calls Upon Legislature to Close Casino Loophole

September 3, 2020
New Jersey

Gov. Murphy has signed an Executive Order that allows smokng indoors at casinos and outdoors where food is served. ACS CAN asks Gov. Murphy to work with the legislature to remove this loophole.

New Jersey Events

November 20, 2020

The Future of Cancer Care Policy Forum (Virtual)

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading advocacy organization working every day to make issues facing cancer patients a national and state priority. CANCER HASN'T STOPPED. So neither have we. ...

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State Contacts

Sr. Maggie Lopez, Ed. D.
New Jersey Grassroots Manager
[email protected]
201-725-6767
Michael Davoli
Government Relations Director
[email protected]
212.237.3853
Marc Kaplan
Senior Specialist, Division Media Advocacy
[email protected]
518-796-1038

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Do you have a personal story about how cancer has impacted you or someone you love? Real stories are how ACS CAN ensures that no one becomes a statistic.

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