Pennsylvania Can Keep 88,200 Kids From Smoking and Save 28,220 From Early Death by Fully Funding Tobacco Prevention, Research Shows

U.S. Newswire › January 26, 2005

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Pennsylvania would prevent 88,200 kids alive today from starting to smoke and save 28,220 of them from a premature, smoking-caused death if it funded a tobacco prevention and cessation program at minimum levels recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to new research data released today by the Campaign for Tobacco- Free Kids. Pennsylvania would also save $1.1 billion in long-term, smoking-related health care costs as a result of these reductions in youth smoking.

Nationally, if every state increased funding for tobacco prevention programs to CDC minimum levels, they would prevent nearly two million kids from starting to smoke, save 624,650 of these kids from premature death, and save $23.4 billion in health care costs, according to the new data.

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Pennsylvania Can Keep 88,200 Kids From Smoking and Save 28,220 From Early Death by Fully Funding Tobacco Prevention, Research Shows

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' analysis is based on a new study published in the February 2005 issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) that found "clear evidence" of a direct relationship between the amounts states spend on tobacco prevention progr...

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