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October 7, 2015
California

Save Lives California For Immediate Release October 7, 2015 Contact: Mike Roth, 916-444-7170 Save Lives California Files 2016 Cigarette Tax Initiative $2 per pack tax will fund research for cures to cancer, fight teen smoking Sacramento, CA – Today, the Save Lives California coalition, joined by

October 7, 2015
National

Powerful. Inspiring. Wet. Those were the words cancer advocates were using to best describe this year's 5th annual Lights of Hope event. The ceremony celebrated the display of heartfeltξluminaries and provided a guiding light for cancer advocates, lawmakers and members of the general public. Despite strong rain storms that evening,

October 5, 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement approved today by negotiators in Atlanta reportedly includes a provision supported by public health groups that would protect the authority of member countries to enact lifesaving tobacco control measures.

October 2, 2015

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network filed comments late yesterday on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Draft Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, 2016.

September 28, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 28, 2015 More than 750 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district will be on Capitol Hill this week to ask members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority. The American Cancer Society Cancer

September 24, 2015
New York

American Cancer Society Releases Dean’s List for Tobacco Policy 30 percent of colleges across New York State are getting top marks in a new report from the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The bi-annual Tobacco-Free U: Dean’s List report grades all

September 9, 2015
National

Brittany is 12 years old. She has been fighting cancer since being diagnosed last November and still has a year and a half of therapy to go. And, unfortunately, Brittany is not the only one. More than 15,000 children under age 19 will be diagnosed with cancer this year. While

September 9, 2015
National

What does a healthy diet look like? Every five years, the federal government updates the answer. And, for the first time, that answer will talk specifically about the relationship between your diet and cancer. Known to generations of children as the food pyramid, and more recently as MyPlate, the recommended

September 9, 2015
National

It's not just about pizza, cookies and chocolate milk any more. As kids return to school, they will see that the traditional school meals are healthier than ever before. In 2010, ACS CAN worked closely with Congress and the Obama Administration to pass a law establishing new, healthier standards for