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Board Questions Scope of $600,000 Tobacco Control Funding; Staff Says Program Targets Tobacco and Vaping Countywide
Summary
Supervisors asked whether a proposed $600,000 addition for a tobacco control program will address vaping and whether staffing funded by the grant will persist if the grant ends; Health and Human Services staff said the grant focuses on tobacco and vaping, is countywide, and staffing is contingent on future grants.
Supervisors asked Health and Human Services staff about the scope and sustainability of a roughly $600,000 increase in tobacco-control program funding during the meeting.
A supervisor asked whether the tobacco-control program targets only tobacco or whether it also covers vaping and other substances. Sarah Collard of Health and Human…
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