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Colorado Task Force Delivers Recommendations For Settlement Money
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A task force of state health officials assembled by Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton recommended Tuesday that the state's $2.65 billion share of the national tobacco settlement be spent exclusively on tobacco- and health-related programs. The task force recommended that the state spend 44 percent on children's health initiatives, 27 percent on tobacco-related health programs, 11 percent on strengthening health programs for all Colorado residents, and eight percent on research programs on the health risks of tobacco. Another 10 percent should be committed to an endowment trust fund and the interest should be used to fund specific programs, according to the task force report. The task force also recommended setting up a commission to monitor the success of anti-smoking and health-related programs.
Source: Dan Luzadder, "Programs To Prevent Smoking Get Push," (Colorado) ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (on-line), January 6, 1999.