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During this year’s American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Great American Smokeout® on November 21, ACS and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) are encouraging people who use tobacco to take an important step toward a healthier life by making a plan to quit.

South Dakota voters on Tuesday passed Amendment F, which would change the state constitution to allow for work requirements to be added to the state’s Medicaid expansion program.

Today, six organizations representing millions of patients and providers, filed an amicus curiae , or “friend-of-the-court,” brief in the case of American Clinical Laboratory Association et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas.

Today 35 organizations, representing millions of patients with serious health conditions and thousands of health care professionals, filed an amicus curiae, or “friend-of-the-court,” brief in the case of Braidwood v. Becerra at the U.S. Supreme Court.

New 2024 data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Youth Tobacco Survey found that more than 2 million youth or 8.1% reported using commercial tobacco products.

The Board of Directors at the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced today the appointment of Wayne A. I. Frederick , MD, MBA, as interim chief executive officer of ACS and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network  (ACS CAN), effective November 2

Seventy-two percent of cancer patients and survivors support extending the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits, according to the latest Survivor Views survey released today by ACS CAN.

Washington, D.C. – October 2, 2024 – Today, patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious diseases and health conditions filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief strongly urging the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota to deny a motion for a stay and preliminary injunction in the case of Kansas v. United States of America .

Following her transformative tenure at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), CEO Karen E. Knudsen , MBA PhD, announced her desire to transition from both organizations toward the next phase of her strategy to accelerate progress against cancer.