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New Report: States Spend Less Than Two Percent of Tobacco Revenues to Fight Tobacco Use

December 6, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (December 6, 2012) -- The states this year will collect a record $25.7 billion in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend less than two percent of it -- $459.5 million -- on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help

11-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

December 3, 2012
Maine

Federal Update Fiscal Cliff Congress returned to Washington, D.C. this week to start the lame duck session which is focused on the looming "fiscal cliff" -- the expiration of tax cuts on December 31 and deep across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 2, known as sequestration.

11-30-12 Affordable Care Act Update

December 3, 2012
Maine

Federal Update Fiscal Cliff Congress returned to Washington, D.C. this week to start the lame duck session which is focused on the looming "fiscal cliff" -- the expiration of tax cuts on December 31 and deep across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 2, known as sequestration.

11-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

December 3, 2012
Massachusetts

Policy Update Regulations The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to issue several long awaited Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations over the next few days. The regulations will provide important details on how essential benefits, insurance reforms, workplace wellness programs and other areas will work

11-30-12 Affordable Care Act Update

December 3, 2012
Massachusetts

Policy Update Regulations The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to issue several long awaited Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations over the next few days. The regulations will provide important details on how essential benefits, insurance reforms, workplace wellness programs and other areas will work

11-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

December 3, 2012
Vermont

Policy Update Regulations The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to issue several long awaited Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations over the next few days. The regulations will provide important details on how essential benefits, insurance reforms, workplace wellness programs and other areas will work

11-30-12 Affordable Care Act Update

December 3, 2012
Vermont

Federal Update Fiscal Cliff Congress returned to Washington, D.C. this week to start the lame duck session which is focused on the looming "fiscal cliff" -- the expiration of tax cuts on December 31 and deep across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 2, known as sequestration.

December Advocacy Update

November 29, 2012
South Carolina

December…one of my favorite times of the year! We hope you will take time this December to spend with your family and friends and consider sharing the gift of hope through an ACS CAN Membership.

Federal Judge Proposes Strong Corrective Statements to Explain the Tobacco Industry's Decades of Deceit

November 27, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. November 27, 2012 U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler today ordered corrective statements that are intended to compensate for the tobacco industry 's long history of misleading the public about the dangers of its products and prevent it from committing similar offenses in the future. Tobacco companies are