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Tuesday May 15, 2012
Senators Introduce Tobacco Tax Equity Bill
I am pleased to share with you that U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a bill last week that would eliminate disparities in the federal tax rates for various tobacco products, a proposal that will increase federal revenues and save lives.… [Read more]
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Tuesday May 08, 2012
Meet Me in St. Louis: ACS CAN’s SLA Summit
I recently returned from one of the best events ACS CAN hosts all year – the State Lead Ambassador Summit. With one in every state, State Lead Ambassadors (SLAs) are ACS CAN’s top ranking grassroots volunteers. They coordinate all volunteer-led work across their state.… [Read more]
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Monday April 30, 2012
Closing the Chronic Disease Gap in Minority Populations
Earlier this month, as part of National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, ACS CAN co-hosted an important briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of research and prevention in eliminating inequities among minority populations in prevalence rates of and access to health care for chronic diseases.… [Read more]
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Friday April 20, 2012
Happy National Volunteer Week
ACS CAN volunteers span the gamut from people who are currently fighting cancer and have survived it to those who have been caregivers, family and friends to people who have fought the disease. Our volunteers are the heart of our organization, bringing the fight against cancer to every congressional district across the country through their incredible personal stories, their passion for combatting this disease and their commitment of time out of their busy lives in support of our lifesaving efforts.… [Read more]
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Thursday April 12, 2012
ACS CAN Celebrates Oral Chemotherapy Parity Victory in Nebraska
When you think of a friend or loved one who is battling cancer, you probably imagine their chemotherapy being administered intravenously at a local hospital. However, modern advances in technology and pharmaceuticals have produced chemotherapy drugs that can be taken orally, in pill form. To date, the FDA has approved more than 40 oral anti-cancer medications for the treatment of at least 54 different types of cancer.… [Read more]
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Friday April 06, 2012
New Tobacco Atlas Shows Promise of Progress for a Global Problem
With almost 6 million people dying annually from smoking-related diseases, you can see how the tobacco industry has been able to earn incredible profits from addicting people to their products using manipulating, misleading practices. In fact, in 2010, the six leading tobacco companies in the world made a collective profit of $35.1 billion, the equivalent of the profits of Coca Cola, McDonalds and Microsoft combined.… [Read more]
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Thursday March 29, 2012
Guest Post: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Imagine that you dropped your car off at a service station for what you thought was a free oil change. You return an hour later to be informed that while the service was underway a small problem was found and repaired (with no input from you), and you now owe $250. How would you take this news? This is the predicament that a number of people face every day due to an oversight in existing Medicare regulations.… [Read more]
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Tuesday March 27, 2012
New CDC Ads Encourage People to Quit Smoking
Sometimes we understand things intellectually but not always emotionally. Sometimes reality needs to touch us in a more visceral way to be effective. The CDC’s new ad campaign, Tips from Former Smokers, features real-life stories of people who have suffered from the harmful effects of smoking. It helps us to understand more fully the real impacts of smoking.… [Read more]
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Wednesday March 21, 2012
National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to share some of ACS CAN’s efforts to reduce overweight and obesity, which are proven to cause cancer.… [Read more]
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Thursday March 08, 2012
Tobacco and Youth – Surgeon General’s Report
The report includes the latest information about the trends of youth tobacco use and its devastating impact on health. The report also details the tobacco industry’s continued efforts to addict kids to its deadly products through insidious marketing and promotion directed at youth.… [Read more]
