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Big Tobacco must come clean on their websites

June 18, 2018
National

Thanks to a historic lawsuit, Big Tobacco will have to publicize on their own websites that their products are deadly and that they intentionally made them addictive.

ACS CAN Lauds Governor John Hickenlooper's Veto of Senate Bill 18-179

June 4, 2018
Colorado

DENVER, Colo.—June 4, 2018—On Friday, June 1, Governor John Hickenlooper vetoed Senate Bill 18-179, a bill seeking to permanently extend a three-year tax credit for premium cigars and other tobacco products that a retailer ships or transports to an out-of-state consumer. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)

New Reports Highlight Increased Youth Exposure to E-Cigarette Ads; Misperceptions of Tobacco’s Health Harms

March 15, 2018
National

Two reports released today highlight potentially dangerous findings among U.S. middle and high school students when it comes to advertising and perceptions of electronic cigarette and other tobacco products.

Time to Raise SD Tobacco Sales Age

February 6, 2018
South Dakota

Five hundred kids become new daily smokers in South Dakota every year. That means every day tobacco finds its way to children in our state. Every day, a child starts a lifetime of deadly addiction that increases their risk for cancer, heart disease, a host of debilitating conditions and early

ACS CAN featured in the Eagle Times

January 26, 2018
New Hampshire

CONCORD — Dozens of cancer patients, survivors and their families from throughout New Hampshire are expected to gather at the State House next week to ask legislators to protect youth from the dangers...

Maine, New Jersey and Oregon are latest states to raise their cigarette sales age to 21

August 22, 2017
Maine, New Jersey, Oregon

In less than a month, three states – Maine , New Jersey and Oregon – have enacted laws that prohibit the selling of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. Smoking rates have declined in recent years, but the use

FDA Announces New Efforts Aimed to Help Address Tobacco-Related Suffering and Deaths

July 28, 2017
National

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today a new, comprehensive approach to confront nicotine addiction in the U.S. through the agency’s authority over tobacco products.

Leading Health Organizations Seek to Intervene in Defense of FDA Rule on E-Cigarettes, Cigars

July 24, 2017
National

Six leading public health organizations today asked federal courts to allow them to intervene in two lawsuits brought by the electronic cigarette and cigar industries against the Food and Drug Administration’s 2016 rule establishing public health oversight of e-cigarettes, cigars and other previously unregulated tobacco products

House Committee Moves to Weaken Tobacco Regulation

July 12, 2017
National

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved a bill today that would greatly weaken the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) oversight of tobacco products. The provision was included in the FY 2018 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies appropriations bill.