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September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

September 8, 2011
Connecticut

CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

September 8, 2011
Maine

CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

September 8, 2011
Massachusetts

CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

September 8, 2011
Vermont

CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for

American Cancer Society Chief Executive Officer Appointed to Serve on U.S. Delegation to the United Nations High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases

September 7, 2011

ATLANTA – September 7, 2011 – John R. Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, has been appointed to serve as part of the U.S. Delegation to the first-ever United Nations High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) in New York City September 19-20, 2011. Seffrin will join

Birmingham News Editorial: Congress must protect research funding

September 6, 2011
National

"We are making unprecedented progress that is changing the way we prevent and treat cancer in this country, thanks in no small part to federal investments in cancer research." Those were the words of Dr. Ed Partrdidge, director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and Lisa

Strong Tobacco Control Policies Critical to Further Decline in U.S. Adult Smoking Rate

September 6, 2011

A report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and featured in the CDC publication Vital Signs illustrates the continued need for strong tobacco control policies to further reduce the adult smoking rate in the U.S.

8-25-11 Affordable Care Act Update

September 2, 2011
Connecticut

Affordable Care Act and the Budget While Congress remains in recess until after Labor Day, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or what has commonly come to be known as the "super committee," have already begun discussions in preparation for the work that lies

8-25-11 Affordable Care Act Update

September 2, 2011
Maine

Affordable Care Act and the Budget While Congress remains in recess until after Labor Day, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or what has commonly come to be known as the "super committee," have already begun discussions in preparation for the work