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Article: Tobacco Control Board receives funds for curbing Wisconsin tobacco use
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- July 26, 2001
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Christal Stone
University Wire
07-26-2001
(Badger Herald) (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin state legislature Wednesday allotted funds in the budget to the Tobacco Control Board to curb increasing smoking rates. The money comes from settlements with tobacco companies over the costs smoking has on taxpayers.
The decision regarding efforts to establish a permanent tobacco control endowment for the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board received positive feedback from Sen. Judith Robson, D-Beloit, the author of the budget provision.
Robson supported the efforts to establish a permanent tobacco control endowment and asked that the first $31 million in revenue from the tobacco settlement be set ...