The American Cancer Society's decision to "no longer run ads about the dangers of smoking and other cancer-causing behaviors and the benefits of regular screenings" will "waste money that should be used to continue the society's educational campaign about prevention and detection," Betsy McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York and chair of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, writes in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece (McCaughey, Wall Street Journal, 9/14). ACS last month announced its plan to use this year's entire advertising budget of $15 million to campaign against inadequate health insurance coverage (Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 8/31).

According to McCaughey, "evidence shows that universal…