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ACS CAN urges state lawmakers and Gov. Beshear to invest $10 million annually in fact-based tobacco prevention and cessation programs

ACS CAN is joined by dozens of public health, medical, and community organizations as part of the Flavors Hook Kids VT campaign in the campaign to end flavored tobacco sales in Vermont.

Cancer Advocates Urge West Virginia Lawmakers to Pass Tobacco Prevention Measures on the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout® and National Rural Health Day

During American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout®, Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Advocates Urge Kentucky Lawmakers to Focus on Prevention and Cessation  

Elected officials across the state must preserve our smokefree workplace protections and do more to support residents of Wisconsin who want to quit using tobacco products, say cancer patients, survivors, and advocates who are marking the American Cancer Society’s 48^th annual Great American Smokeout® this Thursday. The Great American Smokeout is a day for people who use tobacco to create a plan to quit. 

During American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout®, Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Tobacco Control Measures to Protect Public Health
 

During American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout®, Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Tobacco Control Measures to Protect Public Health

The Award is the Highest Honor Presented by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
 

Esta semana, la Oficina de Tabaquismo y Salud (OSH, por sus siglas en inglés) de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) lanzó una nueva campaña, "Empower Vape-Free Youth" (Empoderar a la juventud libre de vapeo), cuyo objetivo es capacitar a los educadores para que hablen con los jóvenes sobre los riesgos asociados con los cigarrillos electrónicos y la adicción a la nicotina y alentar a los jóvenes a evitar y/o dejar los cigarrillos electrónicos.

HARRISBURG, PA – AUGUST 4, 2023 – Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Legislature passed and Governor Shapiro certified the 2023-24 budget—the contents of which communicate to all Pennsylvanians that their health is a priority.