Updates matching "Prevention and Cessation"

Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Government Relations Director Andrew Schepers LANSING, MICH. – “Today, Gov. Whitmore introduced her proposed budget, which fails to increase funding for programs that could reduce cancer incidence and deaths. As we mark Cancer Prevention Awareness Month, ACS CAN

During this legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) prompts legislators to prioritize passing public policies that promote cancer prevention, improve patient quality of life, prevent youth commercial tobacco use and help adults quit tobacco, and expand equitable access to quality, affordable health care.

FRANKFORT, KY – “As the Senate starts their work on the state’s operating budget, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network implores senators to increase funding for the state’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program to $10 million annually. “This funding will reduce cancer diagnoses and deaths and save lives in

Governor Hochul has released her Executive Budget for the next fiscal year. ACS CAN is asking for increases in funding for the Cancer Services Program and tobacco control.

CHARLESTON, W. Va . – As lawmakers dive into the 2022 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize increasing tobacco control funding and raising the state’s tobacco taxes which will ease the burden of cancer in West Virginia.

LANSING, MI –As lawmakers dive into the 2022 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize improving access to cancer care and tobacco control funding, both of which will ease the burden of cancer in Michigan. “For nearly ten years, ACS CAN has

FRANKFORT, KY – As lawmakers dive into the 2022 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize proven tobacco control measures that would ease the burden of cancer in Kentucky, where over 34 percent of cancer deaths are linked to smoking. “Kentucky’s

LANSING, MI – Cancer patients and survivors are marking the American Cancer Society's 46th annual Great American Smokeout tomorrow by calling on elected officials to protect the health of all Michigan residents by implementing strong tobacco control legislation. "Nearly 70% of people who currently smoke cigarettes want to quit, and

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California will hear oral arguments Thursday in a lawsuit brought by the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and the American Medical Association (AMA), claiming that the Food and Drug Administration’s