CANCER HANDOUTS
December 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
MANY US states are putting little of their tobacco settlement windfall into smoking cessation programmes, according to figures released recently (November 21) by the country's Cancer Care and Chest Foundation groups. In 1998, 46 states won US$206 billion from major cigarette makers, with each receiving an average of nearly US$164 million. However, according to the figures, those states allocated just six percent for tobacco use control programmes, such as publicity and education campaigns. That is less than half the US$7.47 per person the US ...
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