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2013 Summer Update

August 7, 2013
Florida

Summer Edition We have had a busy summer and are already starting to build momentum for Florida’s next Legislative Session. Your ACS CAN Florida staff has been hard at work laying the foundation to strengthen our grassroots network and make us even more

ACS CAN Comments Call FDA 's Proposal to Reclassify Tanning Beds a Step in the Right Direction

August 1, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC August 1, 2013 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commending the agency for its proposal to reclassify tanning devices to address safety concerns associated with indoor tanning, but called for stronger guidance to best protect

Providence, RI Ban on Discounts and Flavored Tobacco Products

July 30, 2013

The City of Providence passed new tobacco control ordinances in 2012. These ordinances moved tobacco control forward in two different ways: 1) the "price ordinance" bans all licensed vendors of tobacco products from accepting or redeeming any coupons that result in a discounted tobacco price; and 2) the "flavor ordinance" bans the sale of any flavored tobacco products except for menthol outside of a tobacco bar.

Statement: ACS CAN Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of NY's Clean Indoor Air Act

July 29, 2013
New York

July 24, 2013 Marks New York State Clean Indoor Air Act’s 10th Anniversary Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), on the 10th anniversary of the Clean Indoor Air Act: “The passage of New York State’s Clean

Press Release: Massachusetts advocates praise tobacco tax increase

July 25, 2013
Massachusetts

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Marc Hymovitz American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: 617.823.7746 Email: [email protected] **PRESS RELEASE** Legislature’s Vote Increases Tobacco Taxes – Will Help Prevent Another Tobacco Addicted Generation American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Celebrates $1 Cigarette Tax Increase and

Scientific Evidence of Harm Should Prompt FDA to Ban Menthol Cigarettes

July 23, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC -- July 23, 2013 -- "The Food and Drug Administration report issued today affirms previous scientific evidence that menthol flavoring in cigarettes makes it harder to quit and encourages kids to take up the habit -- findings that necessitate a ban on menthol cigarettes. "The report confirms the

Statement: Cuomo Administration establishes Health Care Exchange rates

July 18, 2013
New York

Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President of Advocacy for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, on today's announcement that rates have been set for New York's Health Insurance Exchange: Today, the Cuomo Administration made an irrefutable difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who

FSPTCA Upheld in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

July 18, 2013

A number of marketing and advertising limitations in the new law are currently being challenged in court. The tobacco industry filed suit in August of 2009 claiming that certain marketing and advertising restrictions in FSPTCA violate their constitutional right to free speech.

Cancer Research, Prevention and Access to Care Prioritized in Proposed FY 2014 Senate LHHS Spending Bill

July 11, 2013

The Senate Appropriations Committee today is expected to consider an FY 2014ξξLabor, Health and Human Services spending bill that would increase funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $300 million over pre-sequester levels, boost the tobacco control program budget by six percent above pre-sequester spending and restore funding to pre-sequester levels for critical breast and cervical cancer screening services for low-income women offered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).