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American Cancer Society Advocacy Affiliate Applauds Los Angeles County for Taking Swift Action to End Sales of All Flavored Tobacco Products

September 24, 2019
California

LOS ANGELES Calif . – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issues this statement from Los Angeles Government Relations Director Primo Castro following the vote by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today to eliminate all flavor tobacco sales: “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

The Future of Cancer Care: Precision Medicine, Genomics, and Clinical Trials

September 24, 2019
California

SAN DIEGO , Calif. – Confident they can alter the future of cancer and who it impacts, an esteemed list of medical experts and cancer advocates are speaking at a cancer forum on October 2, 2019 at Biocom San Diego. The research breakfast is hosted by the American Cancer

ACS CAN Idaho Cancer Forum- Tobacco’s Impact on Idaho Health

September 21, 2019
Idaho

An upcoming cancer forum on September 24 th in Boise will feature a keynote address by Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, one of the country’s top tobacco researchers. Halpern-Felsher will speak about Big Tobacco’s strategy to hook youth into a lifetime of addiction through aggressive marketing and enticing candy, fruit and menthol

Cancer Advocates Highlight Innovations in Research and Cancer Early Detection at ACS CAN Idaho Policy Forum on Sept. 15

September 21, 2019
Idaho

This year roughly 10,240 Idahoans will be diagnosed with cancer. Thanks in part to advances in cancer research and treatment, we are saving more lives than ever. But cancer remains a critical public health problem and getting new and affordable therapies from the research lab to the patient will require

Statement on Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s Lung Cancer Diagnosis

September 20, 2019
Alabama

T he American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network released a statement about Alabama’s Gov. Kay Ivey being diagnosed with lung cancer:

American Cancer Society Advocacy Affiliate Applauds Recommendation by Los Angeles City Attorney to Halt Sales of All Flavored Tobacco Products

September 19, 2019
California

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issues this statement from Los Angeles Government Relations Director Primo Castro following the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office’s recommendation to eliminate all flavor tobacco sales: “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds the

House Leadership Proposes Broad Legislation to Reduce Patient Out-Of-Pocket Drug Costs

September 19, 2019
National

House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), introduced legislation intended to bring down patient drug costs.

Growing use of e-cigarettes alarming

September 19, 2019
Massachusetts

Link to letter online To the editor: As a concerned healthcare worker and volunteer with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, I am writing to stress the alarming increased use of e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products in middle and high school students. In 2011, 1.5 percent

Senate Committee Proposes $3 Billion Increase For Medical Research Funding

September 18, 2019
National

The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee (LHHS) posted a draft FY 2020 spending bill today that includes a $3 billion funding increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a $5 million increase for cancer registries and a $1 million increase for skin cancer programs, both of which operate at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.