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Insights in public health: the tobacco settlement special fund: how investments in prevention save lives and dollars.

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: It's been fifteen years since our state began using Tobacco Settlement Special Funds (TSSF) for smoking and chronic disease prevention. While TSSF funding for prevention has been drastically reduced during this period, Hawai‘i's achievements in both cost savings and health outcomes are proof of what we have always known: Prevention saves lives and is a smart investment.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Bronwyn M Sinclair-White, Virginia Pressler, Tonya Lowery St John, Janice Okubo, Katie Richards, Lola H Irvin, Jay Maddock

Institution: Hawaii Department of Health

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2410417231

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Cites: 3

Cited by: 1

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