State Advocacy Campaigns

State Advocacy

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ACS CAN works at the state and local level in partnership with state and local coalitions, to pass tobacco taxes, implement smoke-free ordinances and ensure access to life-saving preventative cancer screenings and treatments for the insured and uninsured.

Current Priority Campaigns

Tobacco Tax:
Raising tobacco taxes is one of the most effective measures to stop children from starting to smoke, as well as to reduce overall tobacco consumption.

	Connecticut: Campaign for Sensible Tobacco Policy (CSTOP) Campaign to raise the Connecticut tobacco tax by $1.00
	Florida Tobacco Tax Campaign to raise the Florida tobacco tax by $1.00
	Georgia: Georgia Alliance for Tobacco Prevention Campaign to raise the Georgia tobacco tax by $1.00
	New Hampshire: Tobacco-Free New Hampshire Campaign to raise the New Hampshire tobacco tax by $1.00
	South Carolina: Pass the Buck Campaign to raise South Carolina’s tobacco tax by 93 cents
	Utah: Utah Alliance for Tobacco-Free Living Campaign to raise the Utah tobacco tax by $1.305
	Washington: Washington Tobacco Prevention Coalition Campaign to raise the Washington state tobacco tax by $1.00

Smoke-Free:
Everyone deserves the right to breathe smoke-free air, especially in the workplace. Implementing smoke-free policies has immediate benefits on the health of restaurant and bar workers, as well as the health of all citizens.


	Smoke-free Alabama
	Smoke-free Iowa
	Michigan: Campaign for Smoke-free Air
	Smoke-free Montana
	Smoke-free North Carolina
	Pennsylvania Smoke-free
	Smoke-free South Dakota
	Texas Smoke-free
	Smoke-free Virginia
	It's Time....to Breathe Free Wisconsin

ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.acscan.org.

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