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A NEW REPORT SHOWS STATES WILL
SPEND LESS THAN 2-PERCENT OF
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT MONEY ON
TOBACCO PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
22NEWS REPORTER JACKIE BROUSSEAU
IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH A
COST OF HEALTHCARE.
THIS MEANS FOR THE COST OF
HEALTHCARE.
THIS MONEY FROM A 1998
SETTLEMENT IS SPENT SHOWS MANY
STATES AREN'T SPENDING VERY MUCH
USE.
GIVEN A PORTION OF THIS
SETTLEMENT AND WERE EXPECTED TO
SPEND, AT THE VERY LEAST, WHAT
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
RECOMMENDS. THE REPORT FINDS
JUST 2-PERCENT...ABOUT 459-
MILLION OF THE 26-BILLION
DISTRIBUTED... ON PROGRAMS THAT
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM SMOKING OR
MASSACHUSETTS, THE CDC
DOLLARS ON THESE PROGRAMS IN
20-12, BUT WE SPENT 4.6-PERCENT
DOLLARS.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHERE THE
REST OF THE MONEY IS SPENT...I
SMOKING CESSATION.
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEY ARE
USING TOWARD IT, THEY SHOULD
USE A LOT MORE TOWARD TAKING
CARE OF THE CESSATION, HELPING
WITH THAT PROBLEM.
TOWARD TAKING CARE OF THE
PROBLEM.
FUNDING TO THE MASSACHUSETTS
TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM HAS BEEN
CUT 65-PERCENT SINCE 2008. THE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO CUT COSTS ON
PROBLEMS. TO PUT IT IN
STATES CAN SAVE 5-DOLLARS IN
TOBACCO RELATED MEDICAL COSTS
PREVENTION AND CESSATION
PROGRAMS IF THE MONEY IS USED AS
RECOMMENDED. REPORTING LIVE IN