Allocation of $15.7 million to fund quitline and other cancer fighting programs
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal urged the legislature to allocate $15.7 million to the Connecticut Comprehensive Cancer Plan to restore the full services of the state’s Quitline and other vital tobacco cessation and education programs.
Blumenthal submitted testimony, as he met in Washington, D.C. with other attorneys general to discuss this issue and others at a National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) conference.
Last year, more than 13,000 people – in one month – sought assistance to quit smoking through the Quitline smoking cessation program. The Quitline is a successful smoking cessation program combining counseling and nicotine replacement pharmaceutical drugs, but the program exhausted its funding, and full service was discontinued to new applicants less than 30 days after it began.
Senate Bill 459, An Act Promoting the Early Detections, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer, would enable restoration of the Quitline’s full services and other programs.
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