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ACS CAN urges Oregon to raise the age of sale of tobacco sales to 21

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Amber Herting American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: 508-450-8690 E-mail: [email protected] Granite Staters One Step Closer to Continued Access to Health Care; ACS CAN Urges Senate Support of HB1696 CONCORD – March 9, 2016 – Today, the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Health organizations and partners call for improved access to healthy food for kids and families Nearly 3 million New Yorkers live in lower-income communities with limited healthy food options Albany, New York – The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Food Industry Alliance, American Cancer Society

Save Lives California Contact: Mike Roth For Immediate Release 916-444-7170 March 3, 2016 Assembly passes historic tobacco controls to save lives, protect kids Speaker Atkins and Speaker-Elect Rendon show true leadership on vital issues of e-cigarettes, smoking age, smoke free schools and more

Contact: Steph McCorkle/916 802-4033 San Francisco Votes to Become First City/County in California to Raise Minimum Sale Age for Tobacco to 21 California State Assembly Faces Similar Opportunity on Thursday Sacramento, CA – March 1, 2016 – The American Cancer Society Cancer

Congress is working toward completion of an omnibus appropriations bill that will likely be finalized in mid-December. Thanks to all the hard work of ACS CAN volunteers and staff across the country, we are well-positioned to see an increase in research funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) in a final bill as well as a continuation of level funding for cancer screening and prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The FY16 omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress in mid-December included a $2 billion (6.6%) increase for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a $264 million increase for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is the largest boost in annual appropriations for the National Institutes of Health since FY 2003 and brings NCI's total in 2016 to more than $5.2 billion.