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ACS CAN and the CoC: Making a Difference Saving Lives ACS CAN and the Commission on Cancer Cancer Liaison Physician Focus Areas • Quality Improvement • Advocacy • American Cancer Society Partnership • Clinical Trials • Comprehensive Cancer Control • Staging The CoC and ACS CAN The CoC’s advocacy objective is to work with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in the area of legislative and regulatory advocacy. ACS CAN is a grassroots member organization that gives cancer advocates the opportunity to shape legislative agendas to ensure that they include important cancer issues. ACS CAN & CoC Members “Advocacy and public policy affect almost everything we do in oncology.” - Lewis Foxhall, MD Houston, TX “By joining ACS CAN, I always know when legislation related to cancer screening is being debated.” - Alan Thorson, MD Omaha, NE “ As a surgeon, I’ve found membership in ACS CAN has helped me stay updated on policy issues that affect my practice and my patients… issues that I want to voice my opinion about.” - A. Marilyn Leitch, MD Dallas, TX The Goals of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Making Cancer a Top National Priority by: • Pressing key decision makers in the U.S. Congress to make ACS CAN’s legislative initiatives their priorities • Continuing to work with gubernatorial and state legislative candidates to address our issues • Supporting efforts to increase tobacco taxes, pass smokefree laws, and advance other mission objectives • Educating candidates about the importance of increasing cancer programs and research funding as well as the importance of a plan for affordable and accessible health care We Are Fighting for Funding We Are Becoming a Smoke-free Nation WASHINGTON MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA VERMONT MAINE MINNESOTA OREGON NEW HAMPSHIRE IDAHO WISCONSIN SOUTH DAKOTA MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK MICHIGAN WYOMING RHODE ISLAND PENNSYLVANIA IOWA CONNECTICUT NEBRASKA NEVADA OHIO UTAH ILLINOIS DELAWARE WEST VIRGINIA COLORADO CALIFORNIA NEW JERSEY INDIANA KANSAS * VIRGINIA MISSOURI MARYLAND WASHINGTON, D.C. KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE OKLAHOMA ARIZONA SOUTH CAROLINA ARKANSAS NEW MEXICO ALASKA GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA TEXAS LOUISIANA FLORIDA HAWAII 100 percent smoke-free workplaces, restaurants, and bars 100 percent smoke-free in one or two of the above No 100 percent smoke-free law ME enacted a 100% smoke-free workplace law, effective 9-12-09. MT enacted a 100% smoke-free bar law, effective 10-1-09. NC enacted a smoke-free restaurant and bar law, effective 1-2-10. WI enacted a 100% smoke-free workplace, restaurant and bar law, effective 7-5-10. SD’s smoke-free restaurant and bar law was We Are Raising Tobacco Taxes WASHINGTON MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA VERMONT MAINE MINNESOTA OREGON NEW HAMPSHIRE IDAHO WISCONSIN SOUTH DAKOTA MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK MICHIGAN WYOMING RHODE ISLAND PENNSYLVANIA IOWA CONNECTICUT NEBRASKA NEVADA OHIO UTAH ILLINOIS DELAWARE WEST VIRGINIA COLORADO CALIFORNIA NEW JERSEY INDIANA KANSAS * VIRGINIA MISSOURI KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE OKLAHOMA ARIZONA SOUTH CAROLINA ARKANSAS NEW MEXICO ALASKA GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA TEXAS LOUISIANA FLORIDA HAWAII Equal to or above $1.14 per pack Between $0.57 and $1.13 per pack Equal to or below $0.56 per pack MARYLAND WASHINGTON, D.C. We Are Fighting for Access to Care • Frame & Educate • Develop Policy • Train & Mobilize • Partnerships & Collaborations • Continue Current Work www.acscan.org You Are the ACS CAN Movement Your contribution to ACS CAN helps us: • Organize legislative campaigns and engage in unlimited amounts of lobbying to pass key cancer-related bills—allows us to do more for our mission • Lots of public advertising and work in the press—getting attention for our lobbying efforts • Build a huge grassroots movement ACS CAN & the CoC: Partners in Advocacy Thank You!