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Critics push state to spend tobacco money on prevention, control
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Source:http://blog.mlive.com/,2010-05-10
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Ten years after major tobacco companies agreed to pay about $8 billion annually for 25 years to Michigan and other states, some states aren't using the money as it was intended, health experts say.
Michigan received $290 million of it in 2008 and is among the worst offenders in how it spends the cash, according to several anti-smoking advocates.
"Michigan has not used a single penny for tobacco prevention and control," said Susan Schechter, director of advocacy for the Michigan chapter of the American Lung Association. "It was a wonderful opportunity but we missed the boat."
The 10-year-old court agreement that settled multiple lawsuits against tobacco companies doesn't explicitly mandate that the money be used for tobacco control.
So that clears the way for Michigan to spend it on college scholarships and Medicaid, Schechter said.
Michigan ranks third from the bottom in the amount it's spending on tobacco prevention compared to the amount the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends--just beating South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri and Alabama, according to a new study by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. Indiana ranked 28th and Ohio was 45th.
And the American Lung Association gave the state an "F' in tobacco and control spending.
The state will spend $5.1 million in 2009 on tobacco prevention--down $300,000 from 2008--and just 4 percent of the $121 million the CDC suggests, according to the campaign.
"There are definitely people out there that need the anti-smoking programs but they cost so much," said Louise Proctor, a nurse at the Monroe County Health Department.
She said if the department got more money for tobacco-prevention, it would be spent on school and maternal health programs.
Although the issue of tobacco use is nothing new, it takes a toll in Michigan.
Each year, $3.4 billion is spent in the state on health care costs directly caused by smoking, according to the campaign. But, Schechter said, it may not be too late to fix Michigan's mistakes.
That means a policy change to allocate the settlement money for prevention and related activities, she said. |
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