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The first steps by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in implementing The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act have already started and ACS CAN will continue to be a strong advocate for enforcing the law and ensuring that our kids are protected from Big Tobacco. On September

Please join us in congratulating the following Connecticut Front Runner volunteer who raised $1,000 or more for ACS CAN between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009. Bryte Johnson Bryte sold some of the beautiful photographs he had taken. Thank you Bryte. Your

Please join us in congratulating the following Massachusetts advocacy volunteers who raised $1,000 or more for ACS CAN between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009. Dottie Hargrove, Worcester, MA Dottie is Massachusetts' State Lead Ambassador. She held a yard sale and collected rolled coins. Patti Morris,

Imagine getting that response from a hospital staff person after telling her you can't afford the cancer treatment that the doctor recommended for your wife. Even worse, imagine the reason you can't afford that treatment is because you were denied by every insurance company you called due to a pre-existing

Please join us in congratulating the following Maine advocacy volunteers who raised $1,000 or more for ACS CAN between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009. Diane Mitchell, Rumford, Maine Diane is Maine's State Lead Ambassador. She held various fundraising events throughout the year including a talent show and

Please join us in congratulating the following Vermont advocacy volunteer who raised $1,000 or more for ACS CAN between September 2, 1008 and August 31, 2009. T.J. Poor, Montpelier, VT Thank you TJ. Your dedication and commitment to ACS CAN is much appreciated.

Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Health Care Now, Not Later More than 400 cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district united on Tuesday to lobby their members of Congress in support of comprehensive health care reform.