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Smoke-Free Victory on April 19

April 20, 2011
National

On Tuesday, voters in Bismarck, ND voted 5,273 - 3,554 to approve a ballot measure that extends the city's smoke-free law and rejected a separate ballot measure that would have allowed for smoking huts outside of bars.ξ Bismarck's smoke-free law will now also include bars, truck stops and tobacco stores

NY to Big Tobacco "We'll Help You Get New Customers"

March 29, 2011
New York

Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding slashing of the NYS Tobacco Control Program in the 2011-12 budget agreement. “It’s a good day to be a tobacco lobbyist in Albany. Big cuts demanded by the Assembly to the New York State

Help Us Save NY's Tobacco Control Program

March 18, 2011
New York

By Donald Distasio Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ Few services are as central to our mission as the Tobacco Control Program! The New York State Tobacco Control Program saves lives. In every corner of the state, this program is working in local communities to

FDA Advisory Committee Concludes Removal of Menthol Cigarettes Would Benefit Public Health

March 18, 2011

Statement of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids WASHINGTON, DC (March 18, 2011) – Finding that the availability of menthol cigarettes increases the number of children and African Americans who smoke, the Food and Drug Administration’s Tobacco Products Scientific

Backwards Budget Bill Would Send Progress Up in Smoke

March 14, 2011
New York

Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, Regarding Possible Elimination of NYS Tobacco Control Program in Assembly budget bill "This has got to be a mistake. How else can you explain something so short sighted and wrong headed? New York lawmakers

Raising Tobacco Taxes Saves Lives

March 7, 2011
Maryland

On February 8th, advocates from the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and the American Lung Association lobbied in Annapolis to tell their lawmakers that raising tobacco taxes saves lives. Thank you to American Cancer Society advocates, Pat Pickett, John O'Hara, Elaine Koogler, Sue Moats, Peggy Kidwell, Ed Delaney, David

Update: Smoking Cessation and Medicaid

February 25, 2011
New York

There's news on smoking cessation and the future of Medicaid. The American Cancer Society has recieved word that a proposal we submitted along with several other groups to expand access to smoking cessation assistance in the Medicaid Program is among the recommendations submitted to the Governor by the Medicaid Redesign

DOJ Releases Proposed Corrective Statements to Explain Big Tobacco 's Decades of Lies and Deceit

February 23, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC – February 23, 2011 – After a delay caused by Big Tobacco’s attempts to continue their history of deceiving the American public, today U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler made public the U.S. Department of Justice’s strong recommendations for the corrective statements that tobacco companies must make to

Public Health Groups Condemn Tobacco Companies for Trying to Delay and Weaken Penalties

February 3, 2011

According to court filings, the tobacco companies are seeking to block public disclosure of proposed statements a federal judge has ordered them to make to correct their deceptions about their deadly products.