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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- December 1, 2006 -- The District of Columbia’s smoke-free workplaces law takes full effect Jan. 2, 2007, when workplaces, restaurants and bars will be clear of toxic secondhand smoke and District workers and patrons will be granted the right to breathe smokefree air. Print advertisements touting the

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- November 8, 2006 -- Voters in states across the country approved ballot initiatives yesterday that will decrease smoking rates and protect Americans from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) and other public health groups worked to pass

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nov. 1, 2006 -- The tobacco industry is spending upwards of $100 million this election season to oppose ballot initiatives in several states that would protect the public from the deadly effects of tobacco use and secondhand smoke. The initiatives, in states from California to Florida, would

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sept. 28, 2006 -- On the heels of an historic advocacy event in Washington last week that brought 10,000 advocates to Capitol Hill and involved meetings with nearly every Congressional office, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) is launching its Campaign Against CancerTM electoral

WASHINGTON — September 27, 2006 — The American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM(ACS CAN), the sister advocacy organization of the American Cancer Society, today lauded the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s approval of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). The legislation, H.R. 5472, will now go

Ten Thousand Americans Unite to Urge Congress to Boost Government Investment in Cancer Research and Programs Survivors from all 50 States Visit Nation’s Capital for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Celebration on the Hill 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sept. 20, 2006 – Nearly 10,000 cancer patients, survivors and their

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) the non-profit, non-partisan sister advocacy organization of the American Cancer Society, today escalated its push for the United States to ratify a landmark global public health treaty with a new print advertisement that urges public advocacy in support of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

WASHINGTON — June 1, 2006 — The American Cancer Society today announced its support for a House bill on the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), and asks all Members of Congress to show their support for this successful program that provides breast and cervical cancer screenings

As the House continues trying to develop a budget blueprint for Fiscal Year 2007, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) today hailed progress in an effort to secure additional health funding and again called on lawmakers to support funding levels sufficient for helping put the country back on track toward achieving the nation’s challenge goal of eliminating suffering and death from cancer by the year 2015.