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January 28, 2019
New Mexico

Cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, students and advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) rallied at New Mexico's Roundhouse today in support of increasing the state’s tobacco tax by $1.50 per pack and prohibiting minors under the age of 18 from using tanning devices.

January 28, 2019
Vermont

MONTPELIER, VT – January 25, 2019 – Governor Phil Scott presented his state budget to the state legislature Thursday. In his budget address, Governor Scott proposed to tax e-cigarettes at the same rate as on other tobacco products, which is 92 percent of the wholesale price. The 2017 Youth

January 28, 2019
Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo.--Unfortunately, a lifesaving tobacco tax bill died in the House Revenue Committee today on a 5-4 vote. House Bill 218, sponsored by Rep. Dan Zwonitzer (R-Laramie County), would have raised the tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack and increased the tax some other tobacco products. The American Cancer

January 28, 2019
California

SACRAMENTO, CA - The voices of cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are making a difference at the Capitol as evidenced by the vital cancer-fighting policies that passed the legislature in 2018. The advocacy affiliate for the American Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action

January 28, 2019
National

On Friday the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) along with nearly 60 other patient advocacy organizations sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about how proposed changes to Medicare Part D’s six protected classes could hurt cancer patients’ timely access to drug

January 27, 2019
Missouri

Letter to the Editor from an ACS CAN volunteer in Joplin, MO talking about the importance of funding tobacco cessation and prevention programs in Missouri.

January 26, 2019
Montana

My world nearly turned upside down when I was only 30 years old. It was supposed to be a routine doctor visit to remove a mole. A biopsy showed the mole was melanoma — the most serious form of skin cancer. In fact, it was stage 2B. Cancer is not

January 25, 2019
North Dakota

January 24, 2019. Students from several Bismarck Public Schools and Harvey High School joined advocates as part of the North Dakota Tobacco Free day at the Capitol. The total attendance was 140 people. Attendees met with lawmakers to educate them on raising the tobacco tax, the electronic cigarette epidemic and

January 25, 2019
National

Today the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments to the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) detailing ways in which proposed changes to Medicare Part D’s six protected classes could jeopardize cancer patients’ timely access to drug therapies.