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November 10, 2016

Two reports released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustrate the benefits of strong tobacco control policies in reducing the adult smoking rate and number of tobacco-related cancer deaths in the United States.

November 10, 2016
Minnesota

More than 100 lawmakers, medical professionals, researchers, patients, and volunteers attended ACS CAN Minnesota's Research and Innovation Breakfast to learn how ACS CAN and other groups will be working to improve palliative care in Minnesota during the 2017 state legislative session. "Here in Minnesota, ACS CAN is collaborating with allies

November 9, 2016
North Dakota

Big Tobacco's Dirty Money and Misleading Measure 4 Ads Deceive Voters: North Dakota Children and Veterans Become Real Losers

November 9, 2016
California

“California voters saw through the tobacco industry’s smokescreen and delivered a historic victory for public health last night with the passage of a ballot initiative that increases the state’s tobacco tax by $2 per pack.

November 6, 2016
Maine

Posted in the Nov. 6th edition of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Read full article -- Each of us is only one degree from someone with cancer. We all know someone who’s battled this disease, and many of us have fought cancer ourselves. As a cancer

November 2, 2016
Wisconsin

MUST READ: Kirby Davidson, State Lead Ambassador in Wisconsin, featured in article about Cancer Votes billboard. “Davidson fights for increased support for cancer research in honor of his son, because Ryan always said medicine never failed him.” To learn more visit: http://bit.ly/2dZdOsm

November 1, 2016
Idaho

On behalf of your ACS CAN Grassroots Manager, Jennifer Poole, and myself, THANK YOU for helping us make great strides for cancer patients, caregivers and survivors. We began our session by presenting a request for a funding increase to the State Millennium Fund that would go to support statewide public

November 1, 2016
District Of Columbia, Maryland

During October volunteers collected over 1000 petitions at American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Events from across the state, These petitions will be delivered during November to Members of Congress to ask them to fund prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and fund

October 26, 2016
Wisconsin

Community members and advocates, cancer survivors, physicians and scientists gathered for today’s 2016 annual Research Breakfast, sponsored by American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and MCW Cancer Center Panel experts addressed cancer health disparities, removing barriers to clinical trials, accelerating research and improving research efficiency through data sharing and advocacy