Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

ACS CAN amplifies the voice of people touched by cancer by working with lawmakers to pass and implement laws and policies that improve the lives of patients, survivors and their families. Our 14th annual How Do You Measure Up? report highlights policies proven to prevent and better treat cancer that

North Dakota voters will decide in November whether to increase the states tobacco tax for the first time since 1993.

Campaign Re-Launch of "Snuff Tobacco Money Out of California Politics" ACS CAN Urges Candidates and Officeholders to Reject Tobacco Money as Election Nears Sacramento, CA – August 5, 2016 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is reinvigorating its "Snuff Tobacco Money

From 2011 to 2015, high school youth smoking rates in New Mexico have fallen by 8.5 percentage points from 19.9% to 11.4%, thanks in large part to tobacco prevention and education. Leading health organizations including American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Lung Association, and American Heart Association don’t want to see a reversal of that progress.

Last week, public health triumphed over big tobacco in the small South American country of Uruguay. Six years ago, Philip Morris International, a tobacco giant, sued the country of Uruguay over their proposed tobacco control policies. The laws were created to reduce youth and adult smoking by regulating the marketing

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