By
The Associated Press
Published: Wed, May 07, 2008 - 7:00 pm
campaign is starting to move into high-gear.
Lawmakers had gutted the program's budget in recent years, but
in 2006 voters forced the program back into relevancy. They
approved a constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to
put 15 percent of the state's tobacco settlement dollars into the
program each year.
Now the state anti-smoking campaign will start airing
student-produced commercials and begin offering free nicotine
patches, gum and lozenges.
The state Department of Health is spending about 58 million
dollars on the campaign.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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