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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- March 5, 2008 -- On the eve of the House Health Subcommittee markup of a bill to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broad authority to regulate tobacco products, an advertisement in Capitol Hill publications debuting today demonstrates the lengths to which the tobacco companies

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 26, 2008 -- Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman today signed the Nebraska Clean Indoor Act, comprehensive legislation that will eliminate smoking in workplaces, bars, restaurants and casinos throughout the state. The statewide law, to take effect June 1, 2009, was overwhelmingly supported by the Nebraska State Legislature

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 20, 2008 -- An insidious new generation of tobacco products is threatening efforts to reduce tobacco use in the United States. A new report issued today by a coalition of public health organizations describes how tobacco manufacturers take advantage of the lack of government regulation to

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 14, 2008 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced its Sheraton and Four Points by Sheraton Hotels will make its 8,000 smoking guest rooms in 300 hotels and resorts smoke-free by December 31, 2008. Sheraton follows its sister brand, Westin, which was the first hotel chain

In his final budget proposal, President Bush once again has proposed to fund cancer research and prevention programs at levels that are wholly inadequate to wage an effective war on cancer, which killed an estimated 560,000 people in America last year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- January 29, 2008 -- U.S. House Committee members today explored why a successful cancer early detection and prevention program is only reaching one out of five eligible women between the ages of 50-64 nationwide. To date, the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), run

Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones will join the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) tonight to send a message to President Bush and Congress that federal funding for groundbreaking cancer research and lifesaving prevention and early detection programs should be a national priority.

House Narrowly Upholds President's Second Veto of Children's Health Bill and Tobacco Tax Increase

Cancer patients and their loved ones are saddened that Congress, at the insistence of the President, has for the fifth consecutive year put forward appropriations legislation essentially flat funding cancer research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).