Foundation Achieves Gold Standard™ Accreditation For Commitment To Employee Health The American Legacy Foundation® has joined the group of companies and organizations that are waging a coordinated effort to overcome cancer's toll on our nation. The foundation has received its accreditation through the CEO Roundtable on Cancer's CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ showcasing its corporate commitment to the health of employees and their families. Receiving this accreditation required the foundation to meet rigorous Gold Standard™ requirements, which began with an evaluation of its benefits and culture, so that it could take extensive, concrete actions to promote cancer prevention in five key areas that promote cancer prevention, early detection and access to quality care. To become accredited, organizations are required to establish policies prohibiting tobacco use indoors and out and implement tobacco-cessation initiatives. The organizations' benefit plans must offer coverage for evidence-based counseling and prescription and non-prescription medications for smoking cessation, all at no cost to employees. They must execute similarly comprehensive programs to improve employees' diet and nutrition, physical activity, use of screenings and access to quality cancer treatment and clinical trials. The foundation joins these groups with the Gold Standard™ accreditation: the American Cancer Society (national home office), AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and OSI Pharmaceuticals. As many as 20 other employers from academia, banking, health care, insurance, manufacturing, retail and technology are targeted to receive accreditation by the end of 2007.