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CANCER RESEARCH AND PROGRAM FUNDING

NEW VIDEO & BLOG To mark its 10 th anniversary ACS CAN produced a new video featuring ACS CAN volunteers, lawmakers, and others. ACS CAN is also launching a new blog on its website: Cancer CANdor . Cancer CANdor, which I

August 16th, 2022 To the Leadership of Churchill Downs Incorporated, On behalf of our network of advocates and volunteers, The LiveWell® Smoke-Free Florence Coalition, Kentucky Center for Smokefree Policy, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, and the Campaign for Tobacco

A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Uri Martos Uri Martos has been involved with ACS CAN since 2014 and serves as Advocacy Chair for the ACS Hawaii Pacific Board of Directors. Uri lives in Lihue on Kaua’i Island and is a philanthropy officer with a local non-profit foundation. Her involvement began with ACS’ Relay for

Maggie Powell Maggie Powell alwasy supported advocacy work, but took her volunteerism to the next level with ACS CAN right after Celebration on the Hill. She became an ACT Lead with ACS CAN in 2010, the Vice State Lead Ambassador in 2021 and State Lead Ambassador in 2023. She

Karen Connor Karen has been with ACS CAN since the Spring of 2019 after relocating back to New York State. She previously served as a Council member for ACS CAN New England Research Breakfast in Boston, MA. As a caregiver who lost both her father and mother to cancer

Our deepest condolences go out to those who lost loved ones in the tragic shootings in Arizona on Satuday and we pray for the full and speedy recovery of those who were injured, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. In addition, we

TAKING ON TOBACCO TOBACCO TAXES California Although the election results for Proposition 29 have not yet been certified, it has become clear, with nearly all the votes counted, that Proposition 29 was likely defeated by Big Tobacco's $50 million campaign of