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May 13, 2013
New York

Representatives of the American Cancer Society will be on hand in Albany on February 2, 2009 for a special hearing on New York's Cancer Services Program.

May 8, 2013
Maryland

State takes big step toward more pain care Posted: 5:24 pm Mon, May 6, 2013 By Alissa Gulin ,

May 6, 2013
Florida

Week 9 Update End-of-Session Edition

May 6, 2013
South Carolina

What an exciting week in South Carolina last week...Representative Crawford introduced a Medicaid Expansion Bill, Senator Alexandar introduced two provisos for funding for breast and cervical and colorectal cancer...read more in our weekly legislative update! Weekly Update Here

May 6, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 6, 2012 ACS CAN applauds the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 's announcement today that it will reclassify tanning beds from low- to moderate-risk products. With today 's decision, sunlamps used for tanning will go from being regulated in the same risk category as tongue depressors to

May 2, 2013
New York

Statement by Michele Bonan, New York City Regional Advocacy Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Over the past 11 years, New York City's leaders have demonstrated not only a commitment to saving lives from tobacco but a thorough understanding of how

May 2, 2013

In June 2011, the FDA published a final rule including nine textual and graphic warnings it would require under the FSPTCA on 50% of the front and back of every cigarette pack. These images included a diseased lung, a cadaver bearing chest staples on an autopsy table and other similar pictures, along with textual warnings such as ‰WARNING: Cigarettes cause cancer.‰

April 29, 2013
South Carolina

Another eventful week at the South Carolina State House. View our weekly update here: Legislative Update . We also invite you to visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/acscansouthcarolina for daily updates.

April 27, 2013
Florida

Week 8 Update Friday, April 26, 2013 As week eight comes to a close, most of our 2013 legislative priorities are still in play. The