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	<title>ACS CAN &#187; FDA Regulation of Tobacco</title>
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		<title>Tobacco Atlas Details Work and Impact of Big Tobacco</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest tactics of the tobacco industry and their devastating impact on people around the world were highlighted this week with the release of The Tobacco Atlas. Created by the American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation, the 4th edition of the Atlas details the scale of the tobacco epidemic and the work being done to stop it. Among its many facts and compelling graphics: Tobacco profits of the six leading tobacco companies in 2010 was $35.1 billion. This is equal to the profits of Coca-Cola, Microsoft and McDonalds &#8230; combined. The tobacco industry earns nearly $6000 in profit&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/tobacco-atlas-details-work-and-impact-of-big-tobacco/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surgeon General Report Highlights Youth Smoking Problem in U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report released by the U.S. Surgeon General has provided further evidence of the need for stronger tobacco control efforts in the country. Amidst state legislature&#8217;s cuts in funding for tobacco control programs and their refusal to pass laws to help stem this epidemic of youth smoking, many of the gains that were made during the past decade are being lost. According to the report: After years of steady progress, declines in the use of tobacco by youth and young adults have slowed for cigarette smoking and stalled for smokeless tobacco use Big Tobacco&#8217;s advertising and marketing programs continue&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/surgeon-general-report-highlights-youth-smoking-problem-in-u-s/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let The Kids Smoke Cigars Instead?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Tobacco is at it again. It wasn&#8217;t long ago that ACS CAN volunteers helped score a major health victory when Congress passed a law granting the FDA the authority to regulate all tobacco products, including cigarettes and cigars. Now, Big Tobacco is pushing Congress to exempt many types of cigars from the regulations. And, perhaps most worrisome, is that they&#8217;re succeeding. More than 150 Members of Congress have cosponsored a bill that could allow tobacco companies to continue selling flavored cigars, which make them more attractive to children. The bill would also ban the FDA from requiring health-related warning&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/let-the-kids-smoke-cigars-instead/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Judge Rules Against New Cigarette Warning Labels</title>
		<link>http://www.acscan.org/content/federal-judge-rules-against-new-cigarette-warning-labels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal district court judge in Washington, DC sided with Big Tobacco when he ruled that the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) could not implement its new cigarette warning labels. The new warning labels were to feature photos and drawings which depict the consequences of smoking and text, such as “Cigarettes Cause Cancer,” warning of the danger that comes with smoking. &#8220;For decades, the tobacco industry has aggressively preyed upon the American public with misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, while the warning labels have not been changed in 25 years,&#8221; said Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN. &#8220;Larger, graphic&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/federal-judge-rules-against-new-cigarette-warning-labels/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Orange Bowl Cancels Cigar Sponsorship Following Pressure From ACS CAN &amp; Partners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a joint letter, ACS CAN and its partners were successful in pressuring the Orange Bowl and NCAA to cancel a sponsorship agreement with Camacho Cigars. This sponsorship would have encouraged teenagers, especially young men, to smoke. This was the latest attempt by the tobacco industry to undermine current law banning cigarette and smokeless tobacco brand sponsorships of sporting events. ACS CAN continues to urge the FDA to use its authority to extend the sponsorship ban to cigar sponsorships of sporting events.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Tobacco’s Marketing Tactics on Display</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its latest findings on cigarette and smokeless tobacco marketing by the nation’s largest tobacco companies in 2007 and 2008. While the reports show that the amount spent on cigarette advertising actually slightly decreased during that time period, they also show that Big Tobacco’s funds were redirected toward increased advertising of smokeless tobacco products. Tobacco companies continue to spend huge amounts of money – more than $28 million a day – to market their deadly products, so they can attract and addict the next generation of smokers and keep current smokers from&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/big-tobacco%e2%80%99s-marketing-tactics-on-display/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Graphic Images for Cigarette Packs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a picture is worth a thousand words, it is also worth thousands of fewer smokers? Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled new graphic warning labels that could be placed on packs of cigarettes starting in September 2012. The images focus on smoking’s impact on the health of kids and adults, with images of newborn children, diseased lungs and teeth, and a crying woman. Read the news release to learn more. Which image is your favorite?  View ACS CAN’s new warning label Flickr album to see all of the proposed images.  Then comment on your favorite images below.]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Advisory Committee Concludes Removal of Menthol Cigarettes Would Benefit Public Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Advisory Committee today concluded, “Removal of menthol cigarettes from the marketplace would benefit public health in the United States.” We strongly support the committee’s findings and conclusions, which are based on an exhaustive review of the scientific evidence regarding the public health impact of menthol cigarettes.  We urge the FDA&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/fda-advisory-committee-concludes-removal-of-menthol-cigarettes-would-benefit-public-health/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Cigarette Warning Labels Revealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New graphic cigarette warning labels were unveiled at an event Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., by federal health officials from the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new labels feature prominent graphics of diseased lungs, cancer patients and dead bodies covering 50 percent of the cigarette pack. With 3,900 kids picking up their first cigarette every day, and the majority of adult smokers starting as youth, these new graphic warning labels will help educate children and adults about the dangers of smoking immediately when they pick up a pack of cigarettes. Cigarette&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/new-cigarette-warning-labels-revealed/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ACS and ACS CAN File New Brief in Support of The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACS CAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 cannot consider the legal questions about the constitutionality of the restrictions without understanding the public health imperative that lies at the heart of the law. The Act was enacted to stem the constant tide of severe and often deadly health problems caused by tobacco use. Our brief cites the grim&#8230; <a href="http://www.acscan.org/content/acs-and-acs-can-file-new-brief-in-support-of-the-family-smoking-prevention-and-tobacco-control-act/" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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