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April 20, 2015
Texas

On Tuesday, April 14, our palliative care legislation (HB 1874) received its first hearing and passed out of the House Public Health Committee unanimously on April 17. We're grateful for the testimony of our professional and volunteer witnesses (including Day at the Capitol attendees Christi Ming from Georgetown and Lillian

April 16, 2015
Ohio

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lauren Walens or Steven Weiss American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: (202) 661-5763 or (202) 661-5711 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] FDA Action Imperative as Youth Use of E-Cigarettes, Hookah Skyrockets WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 16, 2015 – The

April 16, 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data today from its National Youth Tobacco Survey that found a dramatic increase over one year (from 2013-2014) in teen use of e-cigarettes (now 13.4 percent for high school students) and hookah (now 9.4 percent for high school students).

April 15, 2015
Ohio

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Contact: Shelly Kiser, 740-739-0187 Coalition Urges House to Restore Tobacco Tax Increases to Help Ohio’s Kids and Budget This statement can be attributed to Shelly Kiser, spokesperson for the Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition,

April 15, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 14, 2015 -- Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), issued the following statement on tonight's Senate passage of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: The Senate displayed strong bipartisan support for remedying the longstanding physician payment

April 10, 2015
Massachusetts

Check out the latest newsletter from ACS CAN Massachusetts! Highlights include: An overview of ACS CAN Massachusetts Lobby Day ACS CAN's partnership with Stand Up To Cancer to advocate for increased cancer research funding 2015/2016 legislative priorities and a recap of the 2013/2014 session Upcoming events Click here to

April 7, 2015
New Hampshire

Learning that you or a loved one has cancer can be one of the worst things possible. But can you imagine facing a diagnosis and then not being able to afford the thousands of dollars per month for a lifesaving prescription? That is the case for too many in New

April 6, 2015
National

[caption id="attachment_9762" align="alignright" width="300"] U.S. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers at the ACS CAN patient quality of life forum.[/caption] Sitting together in a meeting room at Providence Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, WA, theyξall told similar stories. Pain management. Emotional support. Family consultations. However, they weren't referring to a hospital support

April 2, 2015
South Carolina

Everyone is just One Degree away from being impacted by cancer. Survivors, researchers, students, and advocates joined together on the campus of Clemson University on March 24th to share thier One Degree story with Senator Graham. It was a powerful event as we heard from cancer surivors Brittany Avin, Dr.