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From 2011 to 2015, high school youth smoking rates in New Mexico have fallen by 8.5 percentage points from 19.9% to 11.4%, thanks in large part to tobacco prevention and education. Leading health organizations including American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Lung Association, and American Heart Association don’t want to see a reversal of that progress.

Update on the status of the 2015-2016 access to pain medication bill.

On July 19, 2016 several members of the Save Your Skin Coalition gathered earlier today at the Stella Werner Council Office Building to celebrate a Montgomery County ordinance that will go into effect tomorrow, July 20 prohibiting minors from using indoor tanning beds in the county.

We were running on empty when our 2016 Legislative Session ended at 5:30 AM on Saturday, June 18th. However, with the help of our phenomenal volunteers, we were able to accomplish big wins for 2016. Reducing the Toll of Tobacco Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding: ACS CAN worked to

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) works hard to call attention to the nationwide issue of unrelieved pain. This is important because patients often face significant barriers to pain treatment. Pain is also a huge contributor to rising health care costs, which is already a substantial financial

Last week, public health triumphed over big tobacco in the small South American country of Uruguay. Six years ago, Philip Morris International, a tobacco giant, sued the country of Uruguay over their proposed tobacco control policies. The laws were created to reduce youth and adult smoking by regulating the marketing

In Tennessee, news that a precision medicine center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will be launched with funds from the National Institute of Health (NIH) gave increased meaning to ACS CAN advocates who participated in the One Degree campaign to increase federal funding for cancer research. This month, VUMC