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OH HR74
Resolution
Status
Passed
4/12/2013
Primary Sponsor
Anne Gonzales
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AI Summary
- Honors the American Cancer Society on its 100th anniversary, founded May 22, 1913, as the American Society for the Control of Cancer
- Recognizes the organization's role as the largest non-governmental, non-profit benefactor of cancer research and its instrumental involvement in the 1971 Cancer Act that created the National Cancer Institute
- Credits the society with launching the Relay for Life fundraiser in 1985, establishing the National Cancer Information Center in 1997, and connecting lung cancer to smoking in 1950 and obesity to cancer in 2003
- Notes that cancer death rates declined for the first time in 2006 and by 2012 were down 20 percent, equivalent to 1.2 million lives saved
- Directs the Clerk of the House to transmit an authenticated copy of the resolution to the Ohio American Cancer Society
Legislative Description
Honoring the American Cancer Society on its Centennial.
Last Action
Adopted
4/12/2013
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