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States Slash Funding for Tobacco Prevention Programs
States cut funding for tobacco prevention programs by more than 15 percent in the past year, even though they’re receiving record amounts of money from tobacco taxes and from the 1998 state tobacco settlement, says a report released Wednesday. “Fully funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs stop addiction before it starts, and improve the health of our nation’s communities. States must do better at funding programs that help reduce tobacco use and protect the health of children, 3,500 of whom try their first cigarette every day,” John R. Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, said in a news release.