Make early detection a public priority
ALCSI works with lawmakers and local leaders to make lung cancer screening more visible and accessible.
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A bipartisan first in 2020
ALCSI worked with Senator Tina Smith and then-Senator Marco Rubio to co-draft the first U.S. Senate resolution supporting lung cancer awareness and screening. The Senate passed it by unanimous consent in December 2020.
Since then, ALCSI has helped advance annual Senate resolutions that address issues including lung cancer in women, people who have never smoked, and veterans.
Senate resolutions
Explore ALCSI’s published accounts of the annual bipartisan recognitions.
Working on access to screening
ALCSI worked with Congressman Brendan Boyle and Senator Tina Smith to draft Katherine’s Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2021. The proposed legislation sought to expand coverage for people whose risk may not fit the usual age or smoking-history limits.
The organization also worked on a House resolution supporting Lung Cancer Awareness Month and has presented screening awareness ideas at the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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From Congress to the statehouse
In September 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1124, an ALCSI-led bill that will bring lung cancer screening information to tobacco retailers across the state. ALCSI’s work spans national resolutions and state-level efforts that put screening information in more public places.
Read about California SB 1124
Proclamations by location
Search the archived proclamations and photographs from ALCSI's state and local campaigns.
Public service announcement voices
Find leaders, clinicians, advocates, and survivors who took part in ALCSI's screening messages.
Former Governor Tom Wolf (Pennsylvania)Congresswoman Annie Kuster (New Hampshire)Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera (Colorado)Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales (New Mexico)Mayor Farrah Khan (Irvine, California)Mayor Gavin Bauckley (Annapolis, Maryland)95.1 KSKY Radio Station (South Dakota)Mayor Brad Wiersum (Minnetonka, Minnesota)Mayor Michael Walsh (East Hartford, Connecticut)Mayor Michael Vargas (City of Perris, California)Mayor Daniel Rickenmann (Columbia, South Carolina)Mayor Jeni Arndt (Fort Collins, Colorado)Mayor Allan Litman (Mesquite, Nevada)Mayor Michelle Romero (Henderson, Nevada)Mayor Jim Kenney (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)Mayor Ken Adams (Olive Branch, Mississippi)Mayor LaToya Cantrell (New Orleans, Louisiana)Mayor Dave Bronson (Anchorage, Alaska)Mayor Greg Mills (Brighton, Colorado)Mayor John Tecklenberg (Charleston, South Carolina)Mayor Mike Wiza (Stevens Point, Wisconsin)Mayor Kelly Girtz (Athens, Georgia)Mayor Wanda Williams (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)Mayor Cal Sheehy (Lake Havasu City, Arizona)Mayor Mitch Colvin (Fayetteville, North Carolina)Mayor Michael Hancock (Denver, Colorado)Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra (Northampton, Massachusetts)Mayor Chris Bollwage (Elizabeth, New Jersey)Mayor Quentin Hart (Waterloo, Iowa)Mayor Jane Castor (Tampa, Florida)Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz (Toledo, Ohio)Mayor Mike Coffman (Aurora, Colorado)Mayor Benjamin Huseman (Commerce City, Colorado)Mayor John Suthers (Colorado Springs, Colorado)Mayor Luke Bronin (Hartford, Connecticut)Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen (Champaign, Illinois)Mayor Bud Starker (Wheat Ridge, Colorado)Mayor James Brainard (Carmel, Indiana)Mayor Quinton Lucas (Kansas City, Missouri)Mayor Robert Restaino (Niagara Falls, New York)Mayor Donnie Tuck (Hampton, Virginia)Mayor Simon Yu (Prince George, British Columbia)Mayor Phillip Jones (Newport News, Virginia)Mayor Elizabeth Kautz (Burnsville, Minnesota)Mayor Gary McCarthy (Schenectady, New York)Mayor Derek Kawakami (Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi')Mayor Emmett Jordan (Greenbelt, Maryland)Mayor Owen Henry (Old Bridge, New Jersey)Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird (Lincoln, Nebraska)Mayor Timothy Adams (Bowie, Maryland)Mayor George Fuller (McKinney, Texas)Mayor Linda Martin (Euless, Texas)Mayor Joe Hogsett (Indianapolis, Indiana)Mayor David Holt (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)Mayor Mary Jo Heye-Townsell (Sherwood, Arkansas)Mayor John Muns (Plano, Texas)Mayor Craig Greenberg (Louisville, Kentucky)Mayor Jim Ross (Arlington, Texas)Mayor Rick Blangiardi (Honolulu, Hawaii)State Representative Lisa Reynolds (Oregon)Mayor Ken Kincade (Cabot, Arkansas)Mayor Marco McClendon (West Memphis, Arkansas)Mayor Pat McCabe (Hot Springs, Arkansas)Mayor Chaz Molder (Columbia, Tennessee)Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (Illinois)Mayor Bob Kelly (Great Falls, Montana)Mayor Michael Padilla (Topeka, Kansas)Mayor Patti Garrett (Decatur, Georgia)Mayor Matt Tuerk (Allentown, Pennsylvania)Mayor Michelle Wu (Boston, Massachusetts)Mayor Joe Buck (Lake Oswego, Oregon)Mayor Kristine Lott (Winooski, Vermont)Mayor Frank Vincent Brocato (Hoover, Alabama)Mayor Ken Johnson (Red Deer, Canada)Mayor Alan Webber (Santa Fe, New Mexico)Representative David Richter (North Dakota)Mayor Jim Malfregeot (Clarksburg, West Virginia)Mayor Gordon Krantz (Milton, Canada)CEO of Michigan Medicine Dr. Marschall S. Runge (Michigan)Mayor Rick Stopfer (Irving, Texas)Mayor Robert Sullivan (Brockton, Massachusetts)Mayor Jacob Frey (Minneapolis, Minnesota)Mayor Muriel Bowser (Washington D.C.)Mayor Adrian Foster (Clarington, Ontario)State Treasurer Laura Montoya (New Mexico)Artist Chachi Carvalho (Pawtucket, Rhode Island)Lung Cancer Survivor TiffanyDirector of Yale Cancer Center Eric Winer (Connecticut)Oncology Nurse Jennifer Stephens (Wyoming)Dr. Kelvin Paul Lee (IU Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indiana)Lung Cancer Survivor Albert JeansThoracic Medical Oncologist Dr. Wade Iams (Tennessee)Vice Chair in Clinical Research at Emory Dr. Kristin Higgins (Georgia)Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Madhuri Rao (Minnesota)Pulmonologist Dr. Anne Dixon (Vermont)Chief Executive Officer of Butte-Silver Bow, J.P. Gallagher (Montana)Lung Cancer Specialist Dr. Paul Kaywin (Miami, Florida)Lung Cancer Survivor Yovana PortilloThoracic Surgeon Dr. Lary Robinson (Tampa, Florida)Lung Cancer Survivor Lauren Coye (New Hampshire)Durham County Department of Public Health (Durham, North Carolina)Lung Cancer Survivor Diane Colton (Canada)
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