Updates matching "Tobacco Control"

TALLAHASSEE, FL – February 3, 2022 – A bill (HB105) aimed to make Florida’s miles of beaches and numerous parks smoke-free passed through a key Florida House subcommittee this morning with a unanimous vote from the House Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action

The President announced this morning he is ‘reigniting’ his commitment to ‘end cancer as we know it,’ building on the initial and robust cancer moonshot investment in discovery, prioritizing increased uptake of prevention and addressing health disparities.

During this legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) prompts legislators to prioritize passing public policies that promote cancer prevention, improve patient quality of life, prevent youth commercial tobacco use and help adults quit tobacco, and expand equitable access to quality, affordable health care.

Washington, D.C.— Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court will hear oral arguments in Wages and White Lion Investments (dba Triton Distribution) vs. FDA, the first oral arguments on the merits in a case brought against the agency in response to its issuance of a

A broad coalition of elected leaders and public health organizations, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), has launched a campaign, urging California voters to vote “YES” to protect kids from the dangers of tobacco use.

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of enacting an ordinance that will end the sale of all flavored tobacco products, without exemptions. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network applauds the decision to prioritize the health of children and historically marginalized communities over Big Tobacco’s interests.

Governor Hochul has released her Executive Budget for the next fiscal year. ACS CAN is asking for increases in funding for the Cancer Services Program and tobacco control.

Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee voted to confirm Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

A newly released, first of its kind study by the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that Massachusetts’ law ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol flavored cigarettes, implemented in June 2020, tremendously decreased menthol and all (menthol and nonflavored) cigarette sales in the state.