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This Thursday, January 15, will mark 20 years since former Governor Richard Codey signed into law the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, landmark legislation that balked precedent and risked the unknown in service of New Jerseyans’ health, quality of life and ability to thrive. It paid off, bringing smoking rates down across the state and allowing businesses to thrive in a new landscape. Unfortunately, casinos were excluded from such progress, and their business and employees’ health have suffered as a result. Now, days away from a new administration, health advocates are calling on state leaders to finally—after two decades—close the casino loophole.

Following today’s bipartisan House vote on extending the enhanced tax credits, ACS CAN is once again calling on members of the Senate and the House to prioritize the health and wellbeing of their constituents and come together in a bipartisan, bicameral way to extend the enhanced premium tax credits immediately.

As lawmakers kick off the 2026 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize proven youth tobacco prevention measures and programs that help those already addicted quit.

As lawmakers get back to work, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize passing legislation to ease the burden of medical debt on Hoosiers.

With Congress done for the year without extending the enhanced premium tax credits, ACS CAN urges members of the Senate and the House to prioritize the health and wellbeing of their constituents and come together in a bipartisan way to extend these tax credits when they return.

Vaccinations are an essential part of care for people with cancer and their families. ACS CAN advocates for science-based policies that improve access to vaccines that prevent and treat cancer as well as protect people living with cancer.

Vaccinations are an essential part of care for people with cancer and their families. ACS CAN advocates for science-based policies that improve access to vaccines that prevent and treat cancer as well as protect people living with cancer.