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Public health groups urge the Senate to maintain tobacco‑prevention media and local grants
Summary
Tobacco Free North Dakota and the North Dakota Public Health Association asked the committee to preserve media funding and a specific line item/grant for local tobacco prevention and vaping work in the Department of Health and Human Services budget (House Bill 10.12).
Two tobacco‑prevention witnesses asked the Senate Appropriations subcommittee to preserve funding lines for tobacco prevention, including media dollars used to drive callers to the state's quit line and a grant line that supports local public health unit prevention programs.
Heather Austin, executive director of Tobacco Free North Dakota, told the committee she was "encouraging continued,…
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