The CEO Roundtable on Cancer joined with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China (MOH), and nearly 60 leading enterprises operating in China to issue a joint statement establishing the China-United States Partnership on Smoke-Free Workplaces. The landmark public-private partnership links health and business leaders in an effort to reduce the negative health impacts of tobacco and secondhand smoke. The effort stems in part from the Ministry of Health’s recent “China Report on the Health Hazards of Smoking” which stated that more than one million deaths are caused by tobacco each year in China. The report followed the 2011 United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases which encouraged employers to establish more comprehensive tobacco-free workplace policies.

The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited Realogy Corporation with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ recognizing the efforts of the global provider of real estate and relocation services to reduce the risk of cancer for their employees and covered family members by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings and ensuring access to quality treatment.

CARY, NC (Feb. 14, 2012) –The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ recognizing its efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for its employees their and covered family members by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings and ensuring access to quality treatment.

CARY, NC (February 8, 2012) –The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited Marian Regional Medical Center with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ recognizing the hospital’s efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for their employees and covered family members by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings and ensuring access to quality treatment.

CARY, NC (February 1, 2012) –The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ recognizing the efforts of this leading company in aircraft design, manufacture and service for its work in reducing the risk of cancer for its employees and covered family members.

CoBiz Financial, Inc. has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the company’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVFCU) with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ recognizing the credit union’s efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for their employees and covered family members by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings and ensuring access to quality treatment.

The UNC Health Care System is leading by example when it comes to promoting workplace wellness and encouraging healthier behavior. The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited UNC with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ recognizing their efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for their employees and covered family members by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment.

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

The CEOs of national hospitals and health care centers are leading by example when it comes to promoting workplace wellness and encouraging healthier behavior. The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently accredited the following organizations as CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ employers:

Gilsbar has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the health and benefit management company’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

Eli Lilly and Co. became the 100th employer to receive CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation, recognizing the company’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

Hematology/Oncology Associates of Central NY (HOA), has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

Castle Medical Center has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

Ockham has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the commitment of the oncology-focused contract research organization (CRO) to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

PVH Corp. has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the company’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

Avis Budget Group has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the Company’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the center’s commitment to reducing cancer risk by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment for their own employees and their covered family members, as well as the patients whom they serve.