2002 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many states with the highest lung cancer rates are squandering tobacco settlement money intended for disease prevention on unrelated programs, according to a study of health and fiscal data released by a national anticancer group.
Antismoking advocates say states with the gravest need for stop-smoking programs often spend the least on them.
In 1998, 46 states won $206 billion from major cigarette makers. Since then, policy makers have struggled over how much of that money should be earmarked for antismoking programs.
Many states have missed an important opportunity, according to the report by the nonprofits …
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