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October 10, 2017
New Jersey

Both candidates for governor of New Jersey have publicly stated their positions on how, if elected, they would work to make cancer a policy priority.

October 4, 2017
National

More than 11 years after a federal court first ordered them to do so, the major U.S. tobacco companies must begin publishing “corrective statement” advertisements next month telling the American people the truth about their deadly and addictive products, if the court accepts an agreement filed late Monday.

October 2, 2017
Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG - The following statement can be attributed to Diane Phillips, director of government relations in Pennsylvania for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “As lawmakers continue to debate the state’s budget and filling the budget deficit by expanding gambling, ACS CAN urges them to also make

September 27, 2017
Kentucky

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and 26 other leading health organizations are offering support to those Kentuckians looking to quit tobacco as part of the first-ever Kick It, Kentucky! week.

September 27, 2017
Colorado

The Aspen City Council referred a tobacco tax measure, ballot issue 2B, to the November 2017 ballot. Ballot Issue 2B seeks to establish a $3.00 per pack cigarette tax in Aspen, including a ten cent per pack, per year, increase for the next ten years to take the total

September 26, 2017
Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, PA – September 26, 2017 – A new poll released today by the Breathe Free Pennsylvania Coalition shows Pennsylvanian voters overwhelmingly support closing loopholes in the current Clean Indoor Air Act. Five leading health organizations are calling on lawmakers to protect all Pennsylvania workers from being exposed to

September 25, 2017
National

Dozens of patients from across the country, each with their own personal health care story, gathered on Capitol Hill today to urge their senators to preserve quality health care coverage for millions of Americans and reject the pending Graham-Cassidy health care legislation.

September 25, 2017

ACS CAN Senior Vice President Dick Woodruff testified before Congress today outlining the devastating impact the Graham-Cassidy bill would have for cancer patients and survivors, as well as millions of other Americans. In his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, Woodruff told senators the bill essentially rolls back the patient

September 25, 2017
National

Changes to the nation’s healthcare system as proposed in the pending Graham-Cassidy health legislation could leave millions of cancer patients and survivors without access to adequate, affordable health insurance coverage, according to Dick Woodruff, senior vice president of federal advocacy for ACS CAN.