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Volunteer with ACS CAN California

You have the passion to help end suffering and death from cancer. We have the tools and camaraderie to help make you wildly successful.

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Help More Californians Get Screened for Breast and Cervical Cancer

The Every Woman Counts (EWC) and The Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (BCCTP) provide screening, diagnostic services and treatment for breast and cervical cancer for those who are underinsured or uninsured.

Add your voice by signing our petition!

Create a smoke-free community

Everyone should have the right to breathe clean smoke-free air, and to live in a safe home. We have an opportunity to help protect the residents, who live in multi-unit housing, from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

Sign our smoke-free multi-unit housing petition today!

Society of Emerging Leaders

You can help end cancer as we know it by joining the Society of Emerging Leaders as a California student or young professional Ambassadors. Are you willing and able to activate on behalf of the Emerging Leaders Council on timely ACS CAN policy campaigns? Join us!

To join as a volunteer, sign up here.

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Oakland City Council Votes to Prohibit Smoking in Multi-Unit Housing but Exempts Smoking Cannabis

December 3, 2024

California

The Oakland City Council passed a smoke-free ordinance to prohibit smoking in multi-unit housing and bar patios; however, the ordinance exempts smoking cannabis in multi-unit housing.

California’s Lung Cancer Screening Rates are the Lowest in the Nation, Cancer Advocates Push for Change

November 7, 2024

California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in California, accounting for more deaths than colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. In an effort to save lives from this disease, the State Legislature passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution 196 last July to

Gov. Newsom, Legislature Fail to Protect Californians’ Health and Right to Breathe Smoke-free Air

September 30, 2024

California

Sacramento , Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1775 today. The legislation will allow cities and counties to permit cannabis consumption sites to prepare and sell food and beverages that do not contain cannabis, effectively turning them into restaurants where smoking is allowed. The following is

Cancer Advocates Urge Governor Newsom to Veto Bill Threatening to Roll Back Decades of Smoke-free Protections

August 28, 2024

California

The California Legislature passed a bill that, if signed, will allow cities and counties to permit cannabis consumption sites to prepare and sell food and beverages that do not contain cannabis. Cancer advocates urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto it.