{"id":3127,"date":"2015-01-13T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2015-01-13T19:48:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T19:48:52","slug":"back-of-the-pack-texas-trails-in-tobacco-prevention-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3127","title":{"rendered":"Back of the Pack: Texas Trails in Tobacco-Prevention Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by John Michaelson\/TNS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The latest report on how well states are funding tobacco prevention and cessation efforts has Texas in the back of the pack, ranked 40th in the nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Texas will take in close to $2 billion in tobacco revenue this year, while spending just $11 million to prevent children from starting and to help smokers quit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The group\u2019s spokesman, John Schachter, says that\u2019s only 4 percent of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3128\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3128\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gr-43717-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Texas ranks among the worst in the nation at number 40 in the latest study on funding efforts for tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. Photo: plaits\/Flickr\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gr-43717-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gr-43717-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gr-43717-1-1-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gr-43717-1-1-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas ranks among the worst in the nation at number 40 in the latest study on funding efforts for tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. Photo: plaits\/Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTexas is definitely one of the states that gets a failing grade when it comes to devoting sufficient resources to tobacco prevention,\u201d he says. \u201cTherefore, we are still seeing the youth smoking rate is 14 percent, which is still way too high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The adult smoking rate in Texas is about 16 percent, and each year in the state there are some 28,000 thousand related deaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nationwide, Schachter notes that states are collecting more than $25 billion this year from tobacco taxes and lawsuit settlement dollars, but are spending less than 2 percent of that on prevention and cessation programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cAnd those numbers are indicative that those states are literally sacrificing the lives and health of kids, and it\u2019s something which doesn\u2019t have to be the case,\u201d he stresses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing nearly a 500,000 Americans each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by John Michaelson\/TNS AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The latest report on how well states are funding tobacco prevention and cessation efforts has Texas in the back of the pack, ranked 40th in the nation. 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