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Uninsured Adolescents and Young Adults at Higher Risk for Advanced Cancer Diagnoses

February 24, 2014

WASHINGTON February 24, 2014 A new American Cancer Society study shows that uninsured adolescents and young adults are up to twice as likely as those with health insurance to be diagnosed with late-stage cancer, which is more difficult and expensive to treat and more deadly than cancers caught early. The

January 2014 Update

February 20, 2014
Connecticut

Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the holidays and your year has started out great!For those I haven't met yet, I am Natalie Cullen and I'm excited to be the new Grassroots Manager for Connecticut. I started working with the American Cancer Society a year and a half ago

Celebrating the Surgeon General's Tobacco Report - 50th Anniversary

February 20, 2014
Texas

8 million. That's the number of lives saved due in large part to tobacco control efforts since the 1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health, according to a study released in JAMA in January. ACS CAN Texas volunteer and cancer survivor Donna Muslin recently appeared on Fox-29 TV in

Volunteer Terrie Hall Featured in Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign

February 20, 2014
National

The late ACS CAN volunteer Terrie Hall is featured in a newest installment of a nationwide advertising campaign convincing people to not smoke.ξ The ads are part of the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionŠ—Ès (CDC) Š—“Tips From Former SmokersŠ— campaign. Terrie, an Ambassador at ACS CANŠ—Ès Celebration on the

National Patient Groups Defend Availability of Premium Tax Credits in Federal and State Marketplaces

February 19, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC -- February 19, 2014 -- The nation 's leading groups representing patients and survivors of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke have jointly filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit arguing that Congress intended to provide premium tax credits on both

MD Dermatologists and Health Advocates Mark World Cancer Day- Feb 4

February 6, 2014
Maryland

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer "Û¢ is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in young adults in the U.S and is on the rise. On average, one American dies from melanoma every hour. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 1,500 new cases of melanoma

CVS Stores Stop Selling Tobacco Oct. 1

February 5, 2014
National

Big health news on tobacco! CVS, the nationŠ—Ès second largest pharmacy chain, announced it will stop selling tobacco products at all of its stores on October 1. This announcement is further evidence of the impact ACS CAN and its volunteers are having in the fight against tobacco and cancer.

New FDA Ad Campaign Targets Teens

February 4, 2014
National

For the first time ever, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a national anti-tobacco advertising campaign geared at teenagers. The new campaign is a result of legislation that ACS CAN and its volunteers helped pass in 2009.

FDA Announces Inaugural Anti-Tobacco Public Education Campaign Targeting Youth

February 4, 2014

(ATLANTA) February 4, 2014 The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN are pleased that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is exercising its authority under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and undertaking a significant and high-profile effort to reach youth before they become addicted to nicotine.