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Your story against tobacco = our power!

Your story is our power, and we need to show Ohio just how powerful we are.

Would you share with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network how tobacco impacted you or your loved ones? Why do you advocate to fight back against Big Tobacco?

Latest Updates

July 4, 2023
Ohio

Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed language from the state’s operating budget bill which would have removed control from local governments. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network commends the Governor for standing up for Ohio’s youth and keeping local government rights to pass laws stronger than the state law, which is proven to promote good health and well-being.

June 30, 2023
Ohio

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) calls on Gov. Mike DeWine to veto language that removes local control, which allows local governments to pass laws stronger than the state law. Amid the growing youth tobacco epidemic, we need local laws to protect our kids, not state interference.

June 15, 2023
Ohio

Today, the Senate passed its version of the budget, which slashes funding for tobacco control nearly in half, fails to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and all other flavored tobacco products and takes control away from local governments to protect the health of their residents.

June 12, 2023
Ohio

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the Senate to change course regarding tobacco control funding in the budget. In the Senate’s budget substitute bill released last week, tobacco prevention and cessation funding was cut in half from the current year funding level of $14.5 million to $7.5 million yearly, which would have a devastating impact on our state's health and economic well-being.

Ohio Events

October 18, 2023EST
Columbus, OH

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. The 2023 ACS CAN Ohio Policy Forum is a premiere event bringing together industry experts to support ACS CAN's mission. This...

State Contacts

Sarah Morris (she/her)
Grassroots Manager
Leo Almeida (he/him)
Government Relations Director
Michelle Zimmerman (she/her)
Associate Director, Regional Media Advocacy

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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.