9.F.24) Expand tobacco cessation programs

Cigarette smoking, like lead paint remediation, is an issue that is no longer getting the press it once was.   With this decline in attention has come a decline in state funding for smoking control programs, anti-smoking programs targeting youth, and other public health matters connected to tobacco.  In fact, the state’s tobacco prevention program had its funding cut by more than 90 percent in 2003, falling from a high of  $54 million a year to a mere $2.5 million in FY2004 .  This decline has corresponded in an alarming upward trend in cigarette sales, particularly to youth and minorities.  The Commonwealth must bolster its tobacco prevention and control programs, and dramatically increase the amount it spends on tobacco prevention and smoking cessation. 

24.a    The legislature should continue to fund smoking cessation initiatives covered by Medicare

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