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FDA Report Cites Benefits of LDT Oversight

November 16, 2015

Washington, DC -- November 16, 2015 -- The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released a report this afternoon looking at the evidence supporting oversight of lab-developed tests. See the link below to the report and an FDA blog post. Beneath those is a statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer

Not just ONCE. We made Port Lavaca, Texas smoke-free TWICE!

November 13, 2015
National

ACS CAN has been actively engaged for well-over a decade to eliminate smoking in restaurants, bars and work places in Texas. Our most recent smoke-free campaign victory took place in Port Lavaca, Texas,a gulf coast community whose city council recently passed a bill which prohibits smoking or vaping inside all

Pennsylvania Tobacco Tax Increase: WIN for health, WIN for the budget

November 12, 2015
Pennsylvania

More than 9,000 Pennsylvania kids become daily smokers every year and one-third of them will die prematurely as a result. Pennsylvania leaders, struggling to end a budget impasse, can save lives and generate important new revenue with a significant increase of at least $1.00 – our coalition supports a $1.60-per-pack hike – in the state’s cigarette tax.

ACS CAN focuses on Palliative Care

November 12, 2015
Wyoming

ACS CAN help a Palliative Care Policy Forum on November 6th featuring retired US Senator Alan K Simpson, Dr. Greg Marino, Representative Charles Pelkey and ACS CAN State Lead Ambassador Dawn Scott. The event cullminated with the announcement that ACS CAN will be running legislation in the 2016 budget session

Smoke-Free Public Housing Proposal Will Help Residents Breathe Easier

November 12, 2015

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a proposed rule that would require more than 3,100 public housing agencies across the country to implement smoke-free policies in their developments.

TPP Includes Language Ending Tobacco Industry Exploitation of International Agreements

November 5, 2015

The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement released today includes critical language agreed to by negotiators and supported by public health groups that would protect the authority of member countries to enact lifesaving tobacco control measures.

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Joins Effort to Repeal the Cadillac Tax

November 4, 2015

Washington, D.C. (November 4, 2015) The Alliance to Fight the 40, a broad-based coalition seeking to repeal the 40 percent tax on employee health benefits, announced today that the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has joined the Alliance. With the addition of ACS CAN, a patient advocacy

Joint Comment Letter Calls for Additional Clarity in USPSTF Draft Guidelines for Colon Cancer Screening

November 3, 2015

The American Cancer Society and advocacy affiliate, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), sent a joint comment letter to the United States Preventive Services Task Force today on its draft Colorectal Cancer Screening Guideline recommendations.

Donald H. Gemson Cancer Prevention Public Policy Awards 11/19/15

October 30, 2015
New Jersey

SIXTH ANNUAL DONALD H. GEMSON CANCER PREVENTION PUBLIC POLICY AWARDS The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Proudly Honors New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie City University of New York These honorees exemplify the spirit and