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October 7, 2016
Indiana

Current in Westfield recently featured an article on State ACT Lead, Maudra Bradley and her trip with ACT leads actros the country to lobby in D.C. for legislators to support our issues to eliminate cancer.

October 4, 2016

Eight public health and medical groups, and several individual pediatricians, today filed suit in federal court in Boston to force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final rule requiring graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertising, as mandated by a 2009 federal law.

October 3, 2016

Fond du Lac, Wisc. (Sept. 28, 2016) – Local cancer advocate Kay Lock is featured on a billboard as part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) statewide voter education campaign called Cancer Votes, which kicks of today. From now through election day, Cancer Votes volunteers will

October 3, 2016
Wisconsin

Cancer advocates push for cancer research to be an election issue.

September 30, 2016
Rhode Island

Providence - September 30, 2016 - On October 14, 2016, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Rhode Island will host its 3rd annual research breakfast that will convene a cross section of thought leaders, medical professionals and cancer survivors from across the state to address the pressing

September 29, 2016
South Carolina

South Carolina Ambassadors recently returned from ACS CAN's National Summit and Lobby Day in washington, DC. The team of eight met with the offices of each member in the South Carolina delegation and asked them to support cancer policy issues. Advocates asked members to support: an increase in cancer research

September 29, 2016
Wisconsin

ACT Lead Kay Lock featured on billboard urging voters to become a Cancer Voter (KFIZ radio-WI)

September 29, 2016

Washington, D.C.—September 29, 2016—Likely voters in 10 battleground states say they strongly support increasing federal funding for cancer research and aren’t hearing enough from candidates on the issue, according to a new poll released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The poll found more than

September 28, 2016
Wisconsin

Madison, Wisc. – (Sept. 28, 2016) – Likely voters in Wisconsin strongly favor increasing federal investments in medical research for cancer, according to a new poll released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The poll findings were released today to kick off Cancer Votes, ACS