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NJ Ranks 50th for Tobacco-Fighting Efforts
December 6, 2012
Report Says State Among the Worst for Tobacco Prevention Funding
Statement from Ethan Hasbrouck, NJ Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network re: report ranking NJ 50th for tobacco control program funding.
“We’ve known for a while that lack of funding for New Jersey’s tobacco prevention program made it ineffective, now its low status is on a national stage.
‘A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 14 Years Later,’ released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, ranks New Jersey as 50th , along with New Hampshire, North Carolina and Ohio.
New Jersey reaps nearly $1 billion in revenue from tobacco, but spends nothing to help smokers quit and keep kids from trying tobacco. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network urges Gov. Christie and the Legislature to support tobacco prevention efforts with funding in the upcoming budget cycle.”
To get a copy of the report, visit tobaccofreekids.org.
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