American Cancer Society - Cancer Action Network

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  • Health & Medicine

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0330 SW Curry StreetPortland, OR 97239 United States
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Mission Statement

ACS CAN is the nation’s leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.

Many of the most important decisions about cancer are made outside of your doctor’s office. Instead, they are made by your state legislature, in Congress and in the White House. ACS CAN empowers regular people to be part of the growing national movement that is fighting back against cancer.

ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, is holding lawmakers accountable for their words and their actions. We demand that our leaders not only talk about fighting cancer but take real steps toward decreasing the number of people suffering and dying from cancer.

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ACS CAN campaigns led by volunteers and staff across the nation have:

  • Led to 35 states as well as Washington, DC and Puerto Rico to go smoke-free
  • Supported a 62-cent increase in the federal cigarette tax, preventing 1.9 million children from becoming lifelong tobacco users
  • Helped secure U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco products
  • Increased federal cancer research funding for the National Institutes of Health

ACS CAN Is Winning the War on Cancer

ACS CAN will defeat cancer by:

  • Funding aggressive grassroots, lobbying and media campaigns to make every state smoke-free and to increase tobacco taxes and funding for cancer research. We advocate for early detection programs such as mammograms and colon cancer screenings
  • Educating the public and media directly by supporting sophisticated training programs for volunteers to strengthen our movement and ensure that our voices are truly heard in the halls of government;
  • Hosting debates and producing voter guides, candidate forums, and advertising to get every lawmaker and candidate on the record in support of laws and policies that help people fight cancer and save lives.

These efforts produce policies, laws, and regulations that further the overall mission of both the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN.

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