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ACS CAN Welcomes Dan Glickman to its Board of Directors

September 17, 2014

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is pleased to announce the addition of Dan Glickman, the former the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, nine-term congressman and current executive director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, to its Board of Directors.

9/15/14 Statement by ACS CAN on Rise in NYC Smoking Rates

September 15, 2014
New York

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15, 2014 Contact: Kathleen O’Neill, [email protected] ; 518.545.5045 Kevin O’Flaherty, [email protected] ; 646.919.0469 Meredith Coon, [email protected] ; 212-878-5947 or 216-548-0603 Marc Kaplan, [email protected] ; 518-796-1038 Rise in NYC Smoking Rate Shows NY Must Act Swiftly Number of Smokers Returns to Over

Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority

September 15, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 15, 2014 More than 600 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district are on Capitol Hill this week to ask their members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority. The American Cancer Society Cancer

NH Cancer Votes Volunteer Questions U.S. Candidates at Debate

September 5, 2014
New Hampshire

Congratulations to Cancer Votes volunteer Don of Bedford for asking a great question at Thursday night’s debate between the Republican candidates for New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate seat. A caregiver for many years, Don ask the candidates how they would help ensure that cancer patients have access to high quality, affordable

Lights of Hope 2014

September 3, 2014
Connecticut

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will be honoring those who have been touched by cancer and remembering those lost, with a Lights of Hope ceremony during the 2014 Leadership Summit and Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. Lights of Hope bearing the names of those touched by

American Cancer Society Celebrates CVS Health's Tobacco-free Move

September 3, 2014

When CVS Health announced its plans earlier this year to halt the sale of tobacco products in its stores, it swiftly fortified its commitment to the health and wellness of its customers and the communities it serves and definitively acknowledged, in no uncertain terms, that fighting cancer is good business.

Pennsylvania Decision to Improve Access to Health Care Will Save Lives and Money

August 29, 2014
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Decision to Improve Access to Health Care Will Save Lives and Money More Than Half a Million Pennsylvanians Will Have Security of Access to Lifesaving Cancer Screenings and Treatment Harrisburg, PA – August 28, 2014 – Governor Tom Corbett today

Pennsylvania Will Accept Federal Dollars to Cover More Uninsured through Medicaid

August 28, 2014

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's decision to accept federal funding to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid gives thousands of Pennsylvania families the security of knowing they can get access to mammograms, colonoscopies and other lifesaving cancer screenings and treatments they cannot currently afford.

New Report: Ohio is Falling Short on Policies to Prevent and Fight Cancer

August 27, 2014
Ohio

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Hillman American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: 508-270-4750 (desk) 508-450-8690 (mobile) Email: [email protected] New Report: Ohio is Falling Short on Policies to Prevent and Fight Cancer States Measured by Progress on Tobacco Control, Access to