Monthly Archive: January 2009
Blowing Smoke, Akron Beacon Journal Editorial
January 25, 2009
Ohio receives a failing grade in preventing tobacco use
Ohio scored an F on the American Lung Association's annual assessment of efforts to prevent and control tobacco use. Not much of a surprise there. In spite of the strides made in the past decade to reduce tobacco use, state legislators jeopardized ... Read More
Group Says State Not Spending Enough to Help Fight Smoking
January 18, 2009
by Marc Kovac
Capital Bureau chief
Dix News Service
(Stow Sentry)
Columbus -- An anti-smoking group says Ohio is failing to provide adequate funding for cessation programs and that lawmakers need to do more to increase tobacco prevention and control.
"Last year, lawmakers drastically cut funding for tobacco prevention and control, leading ... Read More
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