"Can you imagine a time when smoking was allowed on airplanes? For those of us who remember, the dreams of a smoke-free flight were far from being realized in the ‘60s and ‘70s. It took hard work and a lot of education and awareness to make smoking in planes a brief hiccup in our history. Smoking on planes has now been banned for 25 years, and I would like to think that colon cancer is the next big “distant memory” for us." By Dr. Richard Wender, Chief Cancer Control Office with the American Cancer Society.
Learn more about the 80% by 2018 and how the American Cancer Society and the Cancer Action Network is working to decrease the number of incidents.
After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.