Oklahoma advances efforts to combat tobacco use
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January 14, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma is spending more to combat tobacco use than most states - but it still isn't close to what experts think is needed.
Oklahoma ranks seventh on spending to curb tobacco use, with $19 million going to anti-smoking programs in the current fiscal year, according a report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. That's only about 45 percent of the $42.3 million the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the states put into encouraging current tobacco users to quit and discouraging youth from starting to smoke, though.
Julie Bisbee, spokeswoman for the Tob...
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