Source: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
A new report shows funding to programs to reduce tobacco use nationwide were cut by 12 percent in the past year. The report from the Coalition of Public Health Organizations says 36 percent of the funding has been cut in the last four years.
Nebraska's program was cut from $2.9 million for fiscal year 2011 to $2.4 million for fiscal year 2012, according to the report.
The report, "A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 13 Years Later,” was released this week by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights.
The Nebraska Radio Network reports:
Peggy Huppert, spokeswoman for the American Cancer Society, says the foe they’re all fighting hasn’t cut its spending.
She says the tobacco industry continues spending “tens of millions of dollars” aggressively marketing its product.
And from WOWT:
“The nation's progress in reducing tobacco use is definitely at a risk, so anytime that we can partner within either our coalitions locally or outside partners, that's always a benefit,” said PRIDE-Omaha’s Mary Crosby.
Nebraska's program was cut from $2.9 million for fiscal year 2011 to $2.4 million for fiscal year 2012, according to the report.
The report, "A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 13 Years Later,” was released this week by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights.
The Nebraska Radio Network reports:
Peggy Huppert, spokeswoman for the American Cancer Society, says the foe they’re all fighting hasn’t cut its spending.
She says the tobacco industry continues spending “tens of millions of dollars” aggressively marketing its product.
And from WOWT:
“The nation's progress in reducing tobacco use is definitely at a risk, so anytime that we can partner within either our coalitions locally or outside partners, that's always a benefit,” said PRIDE-Omaha’s Mary Crosby.
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