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Tobacco Settlement Commission reports rises in screenings and program reach
Summary
The Tobacco Settlement Commission reported outreach to about 65,000 individuals (including about 9,000 youth) and roughly 8,500 screenings by minority-health initiatives and UAMS East; the commission highlighted leveraged funding returns and research partnerships.
The Tobacco Settlement Commission presented its quarterly report to the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, summarizing program outreach, screenings and research partnerships.
Dr. John Henderson, chairman of the commission, said programs reached about 65,000 individuals across the state in the July–September reporting period, including roughly 9,000 youth. Henderson highlighted a jump in preventive-screening events: about 8,500 screenings delivered by minority-health initiatives and UAMS East in the Delta region, roughly 2,000 more than the same period the year before.
The commission also described research collaborations involving the UAMS College of Public Health on birth-defect and obesity work, and said the Arkansas Bioscience Institute leveraged roughly $4.44 for every dollar it received from the settlement fund. Committee members thanked the commission and accepted the report.
