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On November 10, 2010, health advocates rallied in front of the State House to show their power as part of a Power of the Purse Rally. During the rally Advocates urged the Governor and the members of the Maryland General Assembly to restore funding for important life-saving cancer and tobacco control programs because they hold the purse strings.

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.

The examination of Tuesday’s election results is just beginning, but this much is clear: many new lawmakers will be taking office at the federal and state levels who we are eager to get to know. Like each of us, they are people

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.

The examination of Tuesday’s election results is just beginning, but this much is clear: many new lawmakers will be taking office at the federal and state levels who we are eager to get to know. Like each of us, they are people

Statement from Peter Slocum, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding new rules requiring large, graphic warning labels on cigarette packs and ads.

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.

The examination of Tuesday’s election results is just beginning, but this much is clear: many new lawmakers will be taking office at the federal and state levels who we are eager to get to know. Like each of us, they are people

New graphic cigarette warning labels were unveiled at an event Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., by federal health officials from the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new labels feature prominent graphics of diseased lungs, cancer patients and dead bodies covering 50