Press Releases
Here you can browse our press releases, search our archives, and find details about our most recent announcements. Reporters from credentialed media outlets who would like to receive press releases from the American Cancer Society national press office can contact David Sampson.
Jan 31, 2018Researchers call issue one of tobacco control’s most pressingJanuary 31, 2018– Although tobacco control measures have reduced overall smoking rates in the United States (from 42% in 1965 to 15% in 2015), a new report says several vulnerable subpopulations...
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Jan 25, 2018Statement from the American Cancer Society
This week the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine (NAS) released its comprehensive new report, Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes. The report acknowledges continuing...
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Jan 22, 2018New online auction to feature sneakers and ties signed by coaches
Thousands of basketball coaches across the country will once again trade their dress shoes for sneakers to wear with their suits during the annual Coaches vs. Cancer Suits And Sneakers Week,...
Jan 4, 2018Nearly 2.4 million fewer deaths as a result of dropping ratesThe cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991 and has reached 26%, resulting in nearly 2.4 million fewer cancer deaths during that time. The data is...
Dec 11, 2017Former NFL Player Christ Draft is Keynote SpeakerDecember 11, 2017– The National Lung Cancer Roundtable holds its inaugural meeting on December 11-12, 2017 in Bethesda, Md., the first major meeting for a new nationwide coalition of...