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  • Action on Smoking and Health
    Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) was organized to use the power of the law to protect the rights of nonsmokers. Emphasis is placed on legal efforts to protect nonsmokers and to get courts to suppor details...
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    AMC Cancer Research Center & Foundation
    AMC Cancer Research Center & Foundation is a not-for-profit research institute dedicated to the prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases. AMC conducts important cancer research in the areas of  details...
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    American Association for Respiratory Care
    The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), formerly the American Association for Respiratory Therapy, is dedicated to serving the needs of health professionals working in the field of respi details...
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    American Cancer Society
    The American Cancer Society (ACS) was originally established as the American Society for the Control of Cancer in 1913, and became the ACS in 1945. ACS is the voluntary organization dedicated to elim details...
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    American Lung Association
    The American Lung Association (ALA), formerly the National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, was founded in 1904 to combat tuberculosis. Since 1907, ALA has promoted Christmas Seals t details...
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    Asian and Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network
    The Asian and Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network (APITEN) was formed in 1990 with the mission to organize individuals and organizations to advocate for tobacco-free Asian and Pacific Islander  details...
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    Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Institute
    The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a national resource for information and education about cancer. The CIS operates a toll-free telephone service, 1-800-4-CANCE details...
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    National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    Requests for cancer information from patients, the general public, and health professionals are answered by the Public Inquiries Section of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Public Inquiries Offic details...
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    National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) consists of the Division of Adolescent and School Health, the Division of Adult and Community Health, the Division of  details...
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    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
    Established in 1966, this Institute supports and conducts basic research focusing on the interaction between humans and potentially toxic or harmful agents in their environment. The main research focu details...
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