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This year, 6,070 Montanans will be diagnosed with cancer. Too many of them will suffer needlessly from pain, nausea and other treatment symptoms. Sometimes treating their disease is the focus, and symptoms and side effects are not always addressed, or could be addressed better. Read more here

As Sen. Jon Tester considers the future of the Affordable Care Act, it’s critical that cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for cancer don’t face any gap in coverage to prevent and treat their disease. American Cancer Society research shows that the uninsured and underinsured are more likely to

Tobacco is the only product that when used as directed will kill you.

Tobacco is the only product that when used as directed will kill you. Each year, 1,600 Montanans needlessly die from deadly tobacco products. Nationwide, smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths per year, or roughly one in every five deaths. Furthermore, for every person who dies from smoking, at least 30

We're excited to share with you ACS CAN's fourth installment of "What Cancer Means to Me: Cancer Stories & Tributes from Under the Dome," which debuted March 28, 2017, at our State Day at the Capitol. Under the Dome features stories from Texas senators

A big increase in Montana’s tobacco tax – which could total as much as $70 million a year – won approval Tuesday from a Senate committee in the Montana Legislature...SB354, sponsored by Sen. Mary Caferro, D-Helena, would increase Montana’s cigarette tax by $1.50 a pack and impose similar increases for