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July 5, 2016
New York

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy and Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan has each signed into law a measure that will prohibit the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, liquid nicotine and electronic cigarettes to anyone under 21.

June 28, 2016

Advocacy affiliate ACS CAN urges Congress to commit to $1 billion increase in cancer research by end of year Atlanta, GA June 28, 2016 The American Cancer Society, the largest private, not-for-profit funder of cancer research, is announcing a goal to double its annual funding for research by

June 27, 2016
National

Tobacco 21 has another victory! This month, California joined Hawaii as the second state to prevent stores from selling tobacco products to people under age 21. This promises to decrease the access teenagers have to tobacco products and reduce the chance for early addiction to these deadly products. Until now,

June 23, 2016

Washington, D.C. - A new report from the Centers for Disease Control Office of Smoking and Health highlights the ongoing struggle to protect Americans from the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure in public and at work. The report examines the number of state and local smoke-free air laws passed between

June 22, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 22, 2016 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) launched a new ad campaign this week to focus public and congressional attention on the need to boost federal funding for cancer research. The ads acknowledge the historic opportunity the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative offers to

June 21, 2016
Oregon

In Eugene ACS CAN hosted an event with a speaker lineup that included a county commissioner, the chair of the school board, a member of the state legislature, and the mayor of Eugene. Additionally, we had about a dozen community members show up to “take the pledge” to support tobacco

June 20, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 20, 2016 Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today would help to lift restrictions on legitimate medical research into the potential benefits and harms of marijuana and its constituent products. A statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) President Chris Hansen on the

June 17, 2016
Oregon

Local elected officials and community members take the pledge to support tobacco 21

June 16, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 16, 2016 Significantly fewer states passed tobacco control efforts between 2010-2014 than in the previous decade, according to an article released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH). The article, entitled Stuck in Neutral: Stalled Progress in