More than nine of 10 Hawaii residents consider it important to continue using the state’s tobacco settlement money for smoking-cessation programs and to reduce smoking among minors, according to a new survey. Tobacco companies pay settlement monies to Hawaii to compensate taxpayers for smoking-related health-care costs, and much of it goes to fund tobacco-prevention and control programs statewide. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘smoking cessation programs’
Hawaii residents back anti-smoking efforts
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Kansas ranks 39th in funding tobacco prevention programs
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Kansas ranks 39th in the nation when it comes to funding tobacco prevention programs. “States like Kansas are not investing in comprehensive tobacco prevention and smoking cessation programs. We know that when states do invest in these programs lives are saved. Kids don’t start smoking and adults quit,” said Paul G. Billings, vice president of National Policy and Advocacy of the American Lung Association. ... read more >>
Kansas ranks 39th in the nation when it comes to funding tobacco prevention programs. “States like Kansas are not investing in comprehensive tobacco prevention and smoking cessation programs. We know that when states do invest in these programs lives are saved. Kids don’t start smoking and adults quit,” said Paul G. Billings, vice president of National Policy and Advocacy of the American Lung Association. ... read more >>
Holdout smokers: Who they are and why they can’t quit
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Despite high cost, it’s a stress reliever, many smokers say
A home-invasion robbery at his South Side residence foiled Keith Shannon’s attempt to quit smoking. ... read more >>
Despite high cost, it’s a stress reliever, many smokers say
A home-invasion robbery at his South Side residence foiled Keith Shannon’s attempt to quit smoking. ... read more >>
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