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Mar 4, 2011
ABC News: Proposed cigarette tax to fund cancer research
Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance
Armstrong is joining the fight to fund cancer research
in California and save lives.
read more »Mar 2, 2011
It's California's Time to Make History in the Fight to End Cancer
Mar 1, 2011
California Cancer Research Act Names Lance Armstrong and Sen. Don Perata as Campaign Co-Chairs
New Analysis Released By The Campaign For Tobacco Free
Kids Finds That Initiative Would Save 64,500 Lives In Southern California And Prevent 142,500 Area Children From Smoking
read more »Feb 27, 2011
LA TIMES: Lance Armstrong campaigns for tobacco tax initiative to fund cancer research
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will launch
a campaign in support of the
California Cancer Research Act, which would add a $1 tax to tobacco products.
read more »Feb 18, 2011
Big Tobacco's Big Money Smokescreen to Kill The California Cancer Research Act
Cigarette barons, Philip Morris USA< create political committee in California to finance
campaign against cancer research ballot measure
read more »Jan 19, 2011
Dr. Ernie Bodai gives the California Cancer Research Act his Stamp of Approval
Founder of the Breast Cancer Research postage stamp
endorses the
California
initiative to use tobacco dollars for cancer cure.
read more »Aug 25, 2010
California Cancer Research Act Qualifies for Statewide Ballot
Sacramento- Today, the Secretary of State’s office announced that the California Cancer Research
Act qualified for the next statewide ballot. The coalition
of the American Cancer
Society, American Lung Association, American Heart
Association, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and the
Livestrong Foundation, with support from former Senate
Pro Temp Don Perata, submitted signatures for verification
in June. read more »
Jul 14, 2010
Raise tobacco tax - July 12 letter to the editor
FINALLY, CALIFORNIA voters are getting another shot
at a tobacco tax.
Thanks to the 634,722 registered voters who signed on in support, truckloads
of petitions were turned into the state on Wednesday
to get the California Cancer Research Act on the ballot. read more »
Jul 10, 2010
Cigarette tax initative could be on 2012 ballot
Backers of a state initiative that would increase
cigarette taxes by $1 a pack to provide more than $500 million a year to
prevent, detect and treat cancer said today that they
have gathered
enough signatures to put it on the ballot in 2012.
read more »Jul 9, 2010
Opinion: Act Needed To Boost Work on Cancer, Tobacco
The California Cancer Research Act, which supporters
are
attempting to qualify for the 2012 ballot, would spend $500 million to
find ways to prevent, detect and treat cancer, as well
as raise the
cigarette tax by $1 per pack to fund tobacco education efforts, Don
Perata (D), former Senate President Pro Tempore and current Oakland
mayoral candidate, writes in a San Jose Mercury News
opinion
piece.
read more »Jul 8, 2010
Initiative will take aim at cancer — and tobacco
Cancer is projected to become the leading cause of
death worldwide this year. Without global action, the
number of people living with — and dying from — the disease will triple
by 2030. As a cancer survivor, I'm overwhelmed by the toll
this
disease takes on humankind. Despite continuing advancements
in medical treatment and prevention, cancer remains
a leading cause of death in California, with more than
140,000 Californians diagnosed every year.
read more »Jun 30, 2010
Submitting Signatures to Qualify the Cancer Research Act for the Ballot
The American Lung Association in California is pleased
to join with its
health partners and Senator Perata to make this announcement
-- we have
succeeded in the monumental task of collecting enough
signatures to
qualify a truly life-saving initiative for the ballot.
read more »Jun 29, 2010
Lance Armstrong endorses the California Cancer Research Act!
Lance Armstrong endorses the California Cancer Research
Act!
read more »Jun 28, 2010
Initiative to up tobacco tax for cancer research aims for 2012
Proponents of a proposed initiative
that would increase the cigarette tax by $1 a pack to raise funds for
cancer research are submitting petition signatures
to qualify for the
2012 ballot.
read more »May 12, 2010
Lance Armstrong and Team RadioShack Ride for Everyday Heroes
Supporters Can Compete in Online Game for Chance to
Win Name on Armstrong's Bike During the Tour de France
read more »Apr 12, 2010
These petition-gatherers are saving lives
In California and in Kern County, the war against Big
Tobacco goes on.
read more »Apr 12, 2010
American Lung Association Report Shows Health Disparities in Lung Cancer on African Americans
The American Lung Association released its latest report
today, Too Many
Cases, Too Many Deaths: Lung Cancer in African Americans [1], a
compilation of research examining lung cancer among
African Americans
and the need to eliminate this and other health disparities.
read more »Mar 11, 2010
Recolectan firmas para una iniciativa para gravar tabaco
IMPUESTO: Calculan que 40,000 personas morirán por enfermedades asociadas al tabaco cada año en California.
read more »Jan 14, 2010
State high court denies tobacco company appeals
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday denied tobacco
companies' appeals of a San Francisco jury's award
of $2.85 million in damages to the family of a woman who died
of lung cancer after smoking cigarettes for 26 years.
read more »Jan 12, 2010
REPORT CARD GIVES CALIFORNIA FAILING GRADE ON TOBACCO PREVENTION SPENDING
California gets a failing grade on tobacco prevention
spending – as well as low marks for cessation coverage and for
its low level of
cigarette taxes – according to the annual “State of Tobacco Control” report
card issued today by the American Lung Association.
read more »Nov 16, 2009
Perata Supports Cigarette Tax For Cancer Research
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata
said Monday that he's helping launch a state initiative
that would
increase cigarette taxes by $1 a pack to provide more than $500 million
a year to prevent, detect, treat and cure cancer.
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