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Spending on tobacco prevention, cessation found lacking

A new national report concludes that states aren’t spending enough on programs to discourage young people from starting tobacco or to help older tobacco users to quit. (Photo by Eanlami on Unsplash) While Oklahoma earns higher marks than other states in the way it spends money received from settlements of lawsuits against tobacco companies, the state and nation as a whole should be doing better, according to a new national report. The report – “Broken Promises to Our Children: A State-by-State Look at the 1998 Tobacco Settlement” […]

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