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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 20, 2007 -- Nearly halfway through 2007, the smoke-free movement that has swept the country in recent years has assumed an even faster pace. In the past week alone, New Mexico’s smoke-free law took effect; New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a smoke-free bill covering restaurants

WASHINGTON June 5, 2007 The American Cancer Society today issued four principles that define meaningful health insurance and highlight major problems in the health care system that are impeding progress against cancer and other major diseases. The four principles will guide the Society and its sister advocacy organization, the American

BOSTON -- August 7, 2007 -- More than a quarter of states are not measuring up in the fight against cancer, according to a new report evaluating state legislative activity on cancer policy issues. The report, developed by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) in collaboration with

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 26, 2007 -- The Federal Trade Commission today released two reports on tobacco industry marketing expenditures showing that the tobacco industry spent a total of $27.7 billion in 2004 and 2005 to advertise and promote their lethal products to Americans. While the annual expenditures were slightly

WASHINGTON, D.C. -– April 20, 2007 -– President Bush signed critical legislation into law today to expand a successful program that provides lifesaving breast and cervical cancer screenings to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women. Bush’s approval of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 10, 2007 -- The Maryland House of Representatives voted yesterday morning 99 to 40 to make all indoor workplaces, restaurants, and bars smoke-free. The bill passed the state Senate last Friday by a vote of 31 to 16 and is expected to be signed into law

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- March 27, 2007 -- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 1132). The legislation, sponsored by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Sue Myrick (R-NC), would reauthorize this successful program and give some states

Two weeks after the introduction of legislation to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee has scheduled a hearing on the bill for February 27.

Statement of Daniel E. Smith, President, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 5, 2007 -- “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is deeply disappointed that the President once again has proposed insufficient funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the