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Letter to the editor: With the election over, let’s focus on beating cancer

November 10, 2016
Maine, Maine

Posted in the Nov. 10th edition of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Read full article -- With a hard-fought campaign and election behind us, we now have the hard task of engaging with our elected representatives in order to plan for programs that ensure a happier

Report: U.S. Ranks Last for Warning Labels on Cigarettes

November 10, 2016

More than 100 countries worldwide now require pictorial health warnings on cigarette packages, according to a new report by the Canadian Cancer Society.

Fewer U.S. Adult Smoking Cigarettes; Strong Tobacco Control Policies Critical for Continued Decline

November 10, 2016

Two reports released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustrate the benefits of strong tobacco control policies in reducing the adult smoking rate and number of tobacco-related cancer deaths in the United States.

Research and Innovation Breakfast Focuses on Better Palliative Care in Minnesota

November 10, 2016
Minnesota

More than 100 lawmakers, medical professionals, researchers, patients, and volunteers attended ACS CAN Minnesota's Research and Innovation Breakfast to learn how ACS CAN and other groups will be working to improve palliative care in Minnesota during the 2017 state legislative session. "Here in Minnesota, ACS CAN is collaborating with allies

North Dakota Voters Reject Tobacco Tax Increase

November 9, 2016
North Dakota

Big Tobacco's Dirty Money and Misleading Measure 4 Ads Deceive Voters: North Dakota Children and Veterans Become Real Losers

Voters Pass Historic $2 Tobacco Tax Increase in California While Tobacco Industry Defeats Similar Lifesaving Measures in Other states

November 9, 2016
California

“California voters saw through the tobacco industry’s smokescreen and delivered a historic victory for public health last night with the passage of a ballot initiative that increases the state’s tobacco tax by $2 per pack.

Letter to the editor: Fund cancer research – don’t let breakthroughs languish

November 6, 2016
Maine

Posted in the Nov. 6th edition of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Read full article -- Each of us is only one degree from someone with cancer. We all know someone who’s battled this disease, and many of us have fought cancer ourselves. As a cancer

SLA Kirby Davidson featured in local paper

November 2, 2016
Wisconsin

MUST READ: Kirby Davidson, State Lead Ambassador in Wisconsin, featured in article about Cancer Votes billboard. “Davidson fights for increased support for cancer research in honor of his son, because Ryan always said medicine never failed him.” To learn more visit: http://bit.ly/2dZdOsm

2016 Legislative Session Wrap Up

November 1, 2016
Idaho

On behalf of your ACS CAN Grassroots Manager, Jennifer Poole, and myself, THANK YOU for helping us make great strides for cancer patients, caregivers and survivors. We began our session by presenting a request for a funding increase to the State Millennium Fund that would go to support statewide public