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Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.

The examination of Tuesday’s election results is just beginning, but this much is clear: many new lawmakers will be taking office at the federal and state levels who we are eager to get to know. Like each of us, they are people

Statement from Peter Slocum, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding new rules requiring large, graphic warning labels on cigarette packs and ads.

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.

The examination of Tuesday’s election results is just beginning, but this much is clear: many new lawmakers will be taking office at the federal and state levels who we are eager to get to know. Like each of us, they are people

New graphic cigarette warning labels were unveiled at an event Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., by federal health officials from the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new labels feature prominent graphics of diseased lungs, cancer patients and dead bodies covering 50

American Cancer Society New Jersey 2011 State Legislative Priorities Tobacco Smoke-Free Casinos The Atlantic City Casino gaming floors continue to be polluted by second hand smoke, because of state and local exemptions to the state’s Clean Indoor Air law. Closing that health hazard loophole, and

On election day, voters in South Dakota overwhelmingly cast their ballots in favor of a comprehensive statewide smoke-free law. The new law will extend a restriction on indoor smoking to include all bars, restaurants, casinos and video lottery establishments, and give every worker the right to breathe smoke-free air on