1. ACS CAN and the CoC: Making a Difference Saving Lives ACS CAN and the Commission on Cancer

2. Cancer Liaison Physician Focus Areas Quality Improvement Advocacy American Cancer Society Partnership Clinical Trials Comprehensive Cancer Control Staging

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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 smoke- free 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

6. We Are Fighting for Funding

7. We Are Becoming a Smoke-free Nation FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI WEST VIRGINIA RHODE ISLAND WASHINGTON OREGON IDAHO MONTANA WYOMING NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA IOWA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN ILLINOIS INDIANA OHIO MISSOURI KANSAS COLORADO UTAH NEVADA CALIFORNIA ARIZONA NEW MEXICO OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS KENTUCKY VIRGINIA TEXAS MASSACHUSETTS GEORGIA ALABAMA SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND NEW JERSEY NEW YORK CONNECTICUT VERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE MAINE DELAWARE LOUISIANA WASHINGTON, D.C. MICHIGAN * ALASKA 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 to be effective 7-1-09, but has been suspended to the Nov. 2010 ballot.

8. FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI WEST VIRGINIA RHODE ISLAND WASHINGTON OREGON IDAHO MONTANA WYOMING NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA IOWA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN ILLINOIS INDIANA OHIO MISSOURI KANSAS COLORADO UTAH NEVADA CALIFORNIA ARIZONA NEW MEXICO OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS KENTUCKY VIRGINIA TEXAS MASSACHUSETTS GEORGIA ALABAMA SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND NEW JERSEY NEW YORK CONNECTICUT VERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE MAINE DELAWARE LOUISIANA WASHINGTON, D.C. MICHIGAN * We Are Raising Tobacco Taxes ALASKA 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

9. We Are Fighting for Access to Care Frame & Educate Develop Policy Train & Mobilize Partnerships & Collaborations Continue Current Work

10. www.acscan.org

11. 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

12. ACS CAN & the CoC: Partners in Advocacy

13. Thank You!