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June 5, 2018
Colorado

DENVER, Colo.—June 5, 2018 — The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and other leading public health organizations are thankful and relieved that Governor John Hickenlooper vetoed House Bill 1258 on Monday, June 4. This legislation would have created licensed marijuana consumption establishments, or tasting rooms, for people

June 4, 2018
Colorado

DENVER, Colo.—June 4, 2018—On Friday, June 1, Governor John Hickenlooper vetoed Senate Bill 18-179, a bill seeking to permanently extend a three-year tax credit for premium cigars and other tobacco products that a retailer ships or transports to an out-of-state consumer. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)

April 4, 2018
Colorado

Denver, Colo. (April 3, 2018) – Basalt voters passed Ballot Question A on the April 3 ballot, which will increase the tax on cigarettes by $2 per pack and institute a local tax of 40 percent on the sales price of other tobacco products. RJ Ours, Colorado government relations director

March 14, 2018
Colorado

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges voters to check ‘yes’ on Basalt’s Ballot Question A on the April 3 ballot. The initiative would raise taxes on cigarettes by $2 per pack and institute a 40 percent increase on other tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes.

March 6, 2018
Colorado

ACS CAN Colorado volunteer legislative advocates urge legislators sign a “Tobacco Prevention Promise” that specifies the next critical steps that must be taken to lower the tobacco cancer toll in Colorado. Click here to view the Tobacco Prevention Promise

September 27, 2017
Colorado

The Aspen City Council referred a tobacco tax measure, ballot issue 2B, to the November 2017 ballot. Ballot Issue 2B seeks to establish a $3.00 per pack cigarette tax in Aspen, including a ten cent per pack, per year, increase for the next ten years to take the total

July 7, 2017
Colorado

ACS CAN Colorado State and Local Advocacy Accomplishments 2010-2017 2010 As supported by ACS CAN, the Colorado Legislature passed a bill that requires health insurance companies who provide coverage for intravenous chemotherapy to also provide coverage for newer types of oral chemotherapy agents, furthermore requiring that insurance policies

June 7, 2017
Colorado

Proposed changes to the health care law in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could reverse progress in the cancer fight and shift the economic burden for health care coverage to the states. Ahead of scheduled calls between a select group of governors and Senate leadership this week, the American