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Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable deaths in Oregon, contributing to 7,000 deaths annually and costing taxpayers $3 billion a year in healthcare costs and lost productivity.

Despite major policy wins in recent years, Arizona is still falling short when it comes to preventing and reducing suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality.

Each year 1,000 North Dakotans die from smoking related diseases. It's time North Dakota voters take action and increase the tobacco tax.

New Mexico is falling short when it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of “How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality,” New Mexico measured up to policy recommendations in just three of the 10 issue areas ranked.

ACS CAN amplifies the voice of people touched by cancer by working with lawmakers to pass and implement laws and policies that improve the lives of patients, survivors and their families. Our 14th annual How Do You Measure Up? report highlights policies proven to prevent and better treat cancer that

North Dakota voters will decide in November whether to increase the states tobacco tax for the first time since 1993.

Campaign Re-Launch of "Snuff Tobacco Money Out of California Politics" ACS CAN Urges Candidates and Officeholders to Reject Tobacco Money as Election Nears Sacramento, CA – August 5, 2016 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is reinvigorating its "Snuff Tobacco Money