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May 10, 2018
Montana

Many young people today hear the warnings about skin damage and skin cancer, but to them it seems so rare and foreign. It is not. Cases of melanoma are skyrocketing and largely due to the popular use of indoor tanning devices. Life-threatening melanoma is now the second-most common cancer among

May 9, 2018
Minnesota

I am gravely concerned about a bill being considered by the Minnesota legislature that would add unnecessary challenges to the mountain cancer patients have to climb. This bill would impose a work or community engagement requirement as a condition of eligibility for Medicaid and could result in cancer patients, survivors,

May 9, 2018
Massachusetts

BOSTON – By a vote of 146-4, the Massachusetts House of Representatives today voted in support of H4479, An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction, which takes a comprehensive approach to tobacco control efforts in the Commonwealth. The bill would increase the statewide

May 9, 2018
District Of Columbia

On April 9, 2018 advocates from ACS CAN, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids are at the Wilson Building meeting with council members and their staff to urge their support for a $2 tax on cigarettes. #RaiseIt4health

May 8, 2018
Wisconsin

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network recently recognized State Rep. Dale Kooyenga with its Wisconsin Distinguished Advocacy Award for his significant contributions to the fight against cancer.

May 8, 2018
California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on Assemblymember Jim Cooper to reconsider his decision to start pocketing campaign contributions from tobacco companies. When pursuing his first run for state office in 2014, Cooper accepted a challenge from ACS CAN to publicly

May 7, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Calorie counts on chain restaurant menus and menu boards will become mandatory today as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to complete implementation of the nutrition labeling provisions included in the health care law. The FDA will apply the rule to a broad range of

May 7, 2018
Illinois, Kansas

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rejected Kansas’ proposal to implement lifetime limits on Medicaid enrollment. Hilary Gee, Kansas government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, released the following statement in response:

May 7, 2018
California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. The voices of cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are making a difference at the Capitol as evidenced by the critically-important cancer-fighting policies that passed the legislature in 2017. The advocacy affiliate for the American Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN),