Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

For Immediate Release: There Is No Safe Level Of Secondhand Smoke – Period Statement from Dr. Maureen Killackey, CMO of the American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding the proposed expansion of New York City’s Clean Air Act: "Secondhand smoke is a

The end of summer brought a great string of success for helping ensure that all Americans get to work in smoke-free environments. 8/3/10 In South Carolina, the towns of Chapin and Chesnee passed comprehensive smoke-free laws, bringing to 37 the total number of ordinances passed in South Carolina, including

Costs Keep Mounting for New York State in Dollars and Lives

Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding Federal District Court injunction halting tax collection on cigarettes shipped to Indian reservations.

Smoke-free Supporters Offer Opposition a "Box full of Evidence" on the Proven Health Hazards of Secondhand Smoke Casino lobbyist quoted as saying effects of tobacco smoke are nothing more than a "political slogan" Rapid City, So. Dakota, August 16, 2010 -American Cancer Society volunteer Clayton Hieb is offering up

What are New York's cigarette tax hikes accomplishing? Fewer smokers. Fewer smoking related illnesses. Fewer cancer deaths.

Statement from Donald Distasio, Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society of New York and New Jersey on new study showing cigarette sales have dropped since New York raised excise taxes.

ACS and ACS CAN, along with other health partners, filed a friend of the court brief in the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to help uphold critical tobacco control advertising restrictions contained in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA). Our brief argues that the court