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Ambassador, Kim Smith used her voice during our federal lobby day on September 28th to urge Congresswoman Norton to increase funding for cancer research, prevention and detection programs. To take action now- go to www.fightcancer.org/research

One Year Later: Provisions of the Law Already Helping Cancer Patients Timed to coincide with yesterday’s one-year anniversary of

Legislative update - March 24, 2011 Hearings were held for our proposed legislation increasing the cigarette tax $1.00 (total $3.00) and taxes on other tobacco products by 75% (total 95%) of whole sale and designating the first $21 M in revenue to tobacco control and additional revenue to expand Medicaid

One Year Later: Provisions of the Law Already Helping Cancer Patients Timed to coincide with yesterday’s one-year anniversary of

by Donald Distasio Chief Executive Officer American Cancer Society of New York and New Jersey Over the past two weeks, we have kept you updated on the serious threats to the New York State Tobacco Control Program. First, the New York State Assembly voted to eliminate all funding for

One Year Later: Provisions of the Law Already Helping Cancer Patients Timed to coincide with yesterday’s one-year anniversary of

Members of the Health Care and You coalition, a partnership formed by the nationŠ—Ès leading organizations that represent consumers, patients, physicians, nurses, hospitals and pharmacists, are conducting a national radio tour to inform consumers about the new website HealthCareAndYou.org. Representatives from AARP, ACS CAN and Catholic Health Association (CHA) will