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New Poll Shows Ohio Voters Overwhelmingly Support Using Tobacco Settlement Revenue for Tobacco Prevention

Published in Biotech Law Weekly, April 27th, 2007

As the Ohio Legislature considers Governor Ted Strickland's proposal to securitize (sell to investors) the state's future tobacco settlement payments, a new poll released today shows that Ohio voters overwhelmingly support using tobacco settlement revenue for programs to prevent kids from starting to smoke and help smokers quit.

Under the Governor's proposal, the state would receive a smaller, immediate lump-sum payment instead of continuing to receive annual settlement payments in the future. But the plan does not provide any new funding for the state's tobacco prevention program and effectively eliminates the possibility of using future settlement payments to pay for...

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