Arkansas health official says anti-smoking programs working
By
Kyle Bosch
Story Created:
Aug 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM CST
Story Updated:
Aug 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM CST
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The director of the state Department of Health says anti-smoking programs are working with thousands of teenagers either quitting - or not starting to smoke.
Dr. Paul Halverson told state lawmakers Tuesday that 114,000 fewer Arkansans are smoking since the state starting funding anti-smoking programs 10 years ago.
Halverson says those numbers include 21,500 fewer high school students smoking and about 92,400 fewer adult smokers.
The programs are paid for with money from the tobacco settlement. The state has received $446 million dollars from the settlement since 2001 after voters in 2000 approved an initiative to limit spending to health-related purposes.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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