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Sponsor urges using half the tobacco‑settlement trust interest for youth prevention in HB12 substitute
Summary
Representative Morgan urged the House to substitute HB12 to allocate half of the annual interest on the permanent tobacco settlement trust fund to prevention, cessation and control programs, framing it as public‑health spending that will reduce Medicaid and lifetime costs from youth smoking.
Representative Morgan moved to replace HB12 with a first substitute that would allocate half of the interest earned on Utah's permanent tobacco settlement trust fund to the Department of Health for tobacco prevention, cessation and control programs.
In floor remarks Morgan recited state tobacco statistics: an estimated 8,000 Utah youth (age 12–17) start smoking each year, with a portion becoming daily smokers and a projected…
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