Kentucky’s anti-smoking spending remains low
December 10th, 2009
Kentucky ranks 40th among states in the amount of money it spends to persuade people to quit or never start smoking, according to a report released Wednesday by anti-smoking groups.
Health advocates in Kentucky have been pushing the legislature to increase funding for tobacco cessation programs and to allocate about $1.5 million to fund a 2007 law that would allow the state’s Medicaid program to pay for smoking cessation aids, such as nicotine patches.