- Tobacco use kills over 400,000 Americans annually and costs nearly $100 billion in health care costs, while tobacco companies spend over $12 billion on marketing. Comprehensive tobacco prevention programs are proven to reduce smoking and help smokers quit.
- States collect over $25 billion annually from tobacco taxes and settlements, yet fund tobacco prevention programs at only a fraction of the recommended levels. Increasing funding of these programs to CDC-recommended levels would cost less than 15% of current tobacco revenues and save lives.
- Studies show that increased investment in tobacco prevention programs significantly reduces youth and adult smoking rates, as well as saving states money through lower tobacco-related healthcare costs over time. States should uphold their commitment to use tobacco
The document summarizes funding and outcomes for various public health programs funded by Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine. It describes how funds support Head Start and child care programs, home visitation services, dental education and care initiatives, substance abuse treatment, family planning clinics, tobacco prevention and control efforts, school-based health programs, and efforts to build a public health infrastructure and provide immunizations. Proposed funding cuts would eliminate services for thousands of families and children and negatively impact key public health programs.
The document discusses Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM), which was created using money from the tobacco settlement to invest in preventing disease and promoting health. It argues that the FHM helps lower healthcare costs for businesses and families by keeping people healthy. However, the Governor's budget proposes dismantling the FHM and using the funds to fill budget gaps instead of for prevention as originally intended. Supporters believe the FHM should be protected to continue creating opportunities for better health and lower costs through prevention.
This document provides an overview of various tobacco products currently available on the US market, including chewing tobacco, cigars, blunts, cigarillos, little cigars, dipping tobacco, cigarettes, and dissolvable tobacco. It describes the basic composition and use of each product type. The tobacco industry is pursuing these new products to attract new users and offset declining cigarette sales due to health regulations.
This document shows cigarette sales in millions of packs in New Hampshire from fiscal year 1990 to 2010. It displays several dips in sales that correspond to tax increases on cigarettes in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts over that period. Cigarette sales in New Hampshire generally trended downward from 220 million packs in 1990 to slightly over 100 million packs in 2010, with tax increases in surrounding states contributing to the decline.
This document summarizes funding allocations from the Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM) program for various public health and social services programs. It shows the original FHM allocations, other sources of funding for each program, any proposed cuts or amendments to funding, and the total funding for each program. Key decisions included restoring full funding for substance abuse treatment, oral health, and home visitation programs by reallocating funds from other programs and sources. Funding was also allocated to increase payments to the MaineCare program.
Youth smoking prevalence in Maine dropped significantly from 1993 to 2009, falling from 39% to 14%. Several increases in Maine's cigarette tax rates during this period, including a $1 increase in 2002, corresponded with drops in teen smoking of 12.5% to 16%. By 2009, Maine saw a 58% reduction in youth smoking over the 16-year period studied.
This document shows smoking rates among high school students in Maine and the US from 1993 to 2009, with rates generally declining over time but Maine rates consistently higher than US rates. In 1993, 39.2% of Maine high school students smoked compared to 36% nationally, falling to 18.1% of Maine students and 17.2% of US students by 2009.
- Tobacco use kills over 400,000 Americans annually and costs nearly $100 billion in health care costs, while tobacco companies spend over $12 billion on marketing. Comprehensive tobacco prevention programs are proven to reduce smoking and help smokers quit.
- States collect over $25 billion annually from tobacco taxes and settlements, yet fund tobacco prevention programs at only a fraction of the recommended levels. Increasing funding of these programs to CDC-recommended levels would cost less than 15% of current tobacco revenues and save lives.
- Studies show that increased investment in tobacco prevention programs significantly reduces youth and adult smoking rates, as well as saving states money through lower tobacco-related healthcare costs over time. States should uphold their commitment to use tobacco
The document summarizes funding and outcomes for various public health programs funded by Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine. It describes how funds support Head Start and child care programs, home visitation services, dental education and care initiatives, substance abuse treatment, family planning clinics, tobacco prevention and control efforts, school-based health programs, and efforts to build a public health infrastructure and provide immunizations. Proposed funding cuts would eliminate services for thousands of families and children and negatively impact key public health programs.
The document discusses Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM), which was created using money from the tobacco settlement to invest in preventing disease and promoting health. It argues that the FHM helps lower healthcare costs for businesses and families by keeping people healthy. However, the Governor's budget proposes dismantling the FHM and using the funds to fill budget gaps instead of for prevention as originally intended. Supporters believe the FHM should be protected to continue creating opportunities for better health and lower costs through prevention.
This document provides an overview of various tobacco products currently available on the US market, including chewing tobacco, cigars, blunts, cigarillos, little cigars, dipping tobacco, cigarettes, and dissolvable tobacco. It describes the basic composition and use of each product type. The tobacco industry is pursuing these new products to attract new users and offset declining cigarette sales due to health regulations.
This document shows cigarette sales in millions of packs in New Hampshire from fiscal year 1990 to 2010. It displays several dips in sales that correspond to tax increases on cigarettes in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts over that period. Cigarette sales in New Hampshire generally trended downward from 220 million packs in 1990 to slightly over 100 million packs in 2010, with tax increases in surrounding states contributing to the decline.
This document summarizes funding allocations from the Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM) program for various public health and social services programs. It shows the original FHM allocations, other sources of funding for each program, any proposed cuts or amendments to funding, and the total funding for each program. Key decisions included restoring full funding for substance abuse treatment, oral health, and home visitation programs by reallocating funds from other programs and sources. Funding was also allocated to increase payments to the MaineCare program.
Youth smoking prevalence in Maine dropped significantly from 1993 to 2009, falling from 39% to 14%. Several increases in Maine's cigarette tax rates during this period, including a $1 increase in 2002, corresponded with drops in teen smoking of 12.5% to 16%. By 2009, Maine saw a 58% reduction in youth smoking over the 16-year period studied.
This document shows smoking rates among high school students in Maine and the US from 1993 to 2009, with rates generally declining over time but Maine rates consistently higher than US rates. In 1993, 39.2% of Maine high school students smoked compared to 36% nationally, falling to 18.1% of Maine students and 17.2% of US students by 2009.
The document summarizes programs funded by the Fund for a Healthy Maine prior to the 2012-2013 biennium. It lists various departments within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that received funding, including the Centers for Disease Control, Office of Child and Family Services, Office of Substance Abuse, and Office of MaineCare Services. It also lists other state departments and programs that received funding, such as the Department of Education's School Breakfast Program, the Attorney General's office, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of Administrative and Financial Affairs. Quality child care and bone marrow screenings programs previously received funding but saw it eliminated in 2012-2013.
The high cost of health care and health insurance places a large burden on Maine businesses. The average cost of a family health insurance policy was $8,700 in 2008 but is projected to exceed $15,000 by 2012, a trajectory that is unsustainable for many businesses. Maine's economic recovery depends on reducing health care costs, which the Fund for a Healthy Maine aims to do. Every dollar invested in prevention saves $7.50 in health costs within five years. Without the Fund, Maine's public health investment would fall significantly compared to other states. Dismantling the Fund would send the wrong message and take Maine in an unwise direction for businesses.
The document summarizes transfers of funds from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the General Fund between April 2000 and June 2011. It shows that $15 million was initially transferred in April 2000, with an additional $11 million transferred in June 2001 after the trust fund was abolished. In total, over $126 million, or 69% of the funds, was diverted from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the General Fund during this period through transfers of reserve funds, unexpended balances, and program cuts.
The document outlines the intended and actual allocations of funds from Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine since its inception. The vision was to allocate 90% of funds to substance abuse prevention and treatment programs and 10% to a trust fund. However, the reality has seen 17.1% of funds diverted to the state's general fund, rather than the intended health programs, with $126.8 million diverted through 2013. Key health programs like child care, oral health, and home visitation have not received their intended levels of funding.
The Fund for a Healthy Maine has supported several public health initiatives in Maine with successes in multiple areas:
1) Tobacco use among youth has declined significantly, with high school smoking down 64% and middle school smoking down 73% between 1997 and 2007. The Tobacco HelpLine and Healthy Maine Partnerships have also helped reduce tobacco use.
2) Underage alcohol use has declined steadily over the past decade in Maine. A higher education partnership increased participating colleges and universities from 4 to 18 around preventing high risk drinking.
3) School based health centers provided over 13,000 patient encounters in 2009-2010 and helped over a third of students who smoked to quit or reduce smoking. Asthma management among users also
The Fund for a Healthy Maine previously funded several State positions in various departments including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Public Safety, Judiciary, and Attorney General's Office. However, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the General Fund began funding these positions instead of the Fund for a Healthy Maine. The positions included public health educators, social services specialists, education specialists, fire marshals, and assistant attorneys general among others. Departments had to absorb the costs of some positions without additional funding.
Each 1 percentage point decline in smoking rates in Maine would result in public health benefits and cost savings. Specifically:
- There would be 10,400 fewer adult smokers, 710 fewer high school smokers, and 2,700 fewer kids becoming addicted smokers.
- There would be 2,800 fewer smoking-related adult deaths and 230 fewer smoking-related teen deaths.
- In the first year there would be $0.2 million in savings from fewer smoking-affected births and $0.4 million from fewer heart attacks and strokes. Over 5 years, those savings would grow to $1.1 million and $5 million respectively.
- There would be an estimated $98.8 million reduction in future
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 grants the FDA authority to regulate tobacco products. Key provisions include banning fruit-flavored cigarettes, graphic health warnings covering 50% of cigarette packs, limits on advertising and marketing appeals to youth. It does not preempt all state/local tobacco control laws. The act aims to reduce youth tobacco use and inform the public of health risks but was partially struck down by a Kentucky court over some marketing restrictions.
The document contains data from 1955-2010 on cigarette excise taxes, retail prices, and per capita sales in Maine. It shows that the tax as a percentage of retail price increased from 52.2% in 1955 to 48.2% in 2010. Over this period, the retail price of cigarettes rose from $0.23 per pack to $6.24 per pack. Meanwhile, annual per capita cigarette sales in Maine declined from 133 packs in 1955 to 53 packs in 2010.
The Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM) allocates funds from Maine's annual tobacco settlement payments to support health programs aimed at disease prevention. It accounts for only 0.7% of Maine's total healthcare spending but funds critical programs in areas like smoking prevention and cessation, childcare, oral health, substance abuse treatment, and school-based health centers. Greater investment in prevention through the FHM has the potential to dramatically reduce chronic disease and healthcare costs over the long term.
The document discusses the benefits of comprehensive tobacco treatment coverage through Medicaid/MassHealth programs. It provides the example of Massachusetts, which in 2006 began covering tobacco cessation treatment including counseling and FDA-approved medications. Between 2006-2008, over 70,000 unique MassHealth members used the new benefit, and the smoking rate decreased 26% from 38.3% to 28.3%. The benefit was cost-effective, with $1.11 returned for every $1 spent due to reduced hospitalizations for conditions like heart attacks.
The document summarizes data from MaineCare (Maine's Medicaid program) on the use and costs of tobacco cessation benefits in fiscal year 2010, including pharmacotherapy (medications), counseling services, and copay costs paid by Medicaid recipients. It finds that in 2010, MaineCare paid over $1.26 million for pharmacotherapy provided to 13,533 members, with Chantix accounting for over $300,000 of costs. Counseling services cost $33,234 and were provided to 2,066 members. Eliminating copays for medications could cost Maine less than $100,000 annually based on 2010 data of $91,956 in copays paid.
Maine collected increasing amounts of excise tax revenue from non-cigarette tobacco products like smokeless tobacco from 1998 to 2011, rising from $2.89 million in 1998 to $11.57 million in 2011. In 2005, Maine changed its smokeless tobacco excise tax from a flat rate per unit to a weight-based system of $2.02 per ounce, with a minimum of $2.02 per canister, which contributed to higher and steadier revenue collection in subsequent years.
Maine's first tobacco law was passed over 100 years ago. Since 1981, many laws have been enacted to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. This includes laws that restrict smoking in public places, reduce youth access to tobacco, encourage smoking cessation, and prevent youth initiation. The document provides a summary of tobacco-related legislation passed in Maine between November 2008 and June 2009, including laws that further restricted smoking in public places and increased tobacco taxes.
Maine's first law regulating tobacco was passed over 100 years ago in 1897. Since then, laws have been passed to restrict smoking in public places, reduce youth access to tobacco, raise tobacco taxes, and establish tobacco prevention programs. The document provides a detailed history of tobacco legislation in Maine from 1897 to 1995, with the laws becoming increasingly restrictive over time to reduce the harms of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
This document summarizes Maine's history of tobacco policy initiatives and laws from 1897 to 2011. It discusses the progression of laws that have been passed to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke, restrict youth access to tobacco, increase tobacco taxes, and establish tobacco prevention programs. Key milestones include the first workplace smoking ban in 1985, comprehensive smoke-free laws in the 1990s and 2000s, increased tobacco taxes in 1997 dedicated to prevention programs, and the 1998 tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. The document provides a high-level overview of Maine's extensive efforts to enact tobacco control policies and initiatives over the past century.
Higher cigarette pack prices in Maine between 1993-2009 were associated with lower youth smoking rates. As the average retail price of a pack of cigarettes increased from $1.85 in 1993 to $5.61 in 2009, the percentage of high school students who reported smoking decreased from 38% to 14% over the same period.
The document shows revenue and program allocations for Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine from fiscal years 2001 to 2013. It displays the beginning balance for the fund, the program cuts of $9 million in the first year, and flat funding for four years after money was diverted from the fund to the general fund. Revenue came from annual Master Settlement Agreement payments while allocations funded public health programs.
The Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM) was created by the Maine Legislature in 1999 to distribute tobacco settlement funds to support eight categories of health programs. The FHM receives annual payments from the tobacco settlement and allocates funds to supplement existing health programs, not replace taxpayer funding. However, in the past the Maine Legislature has diverted over $126 million from the FHM to the state's general fund. Supporters of the FHM want to ensure funds continue to be used for their intended health-related purposes and view the FHM as a unique opportunity to invest in disease prevention and health promotion programs that save costs.
The document shows tobacco use rates in Maine in 2009 broken down by level of education completed. The highest rate of tobacco use, at 34.7%, was among those with less than a high school education. The rate decreased with more education, with only 8.5% of college graduates using tobacco. Tobacco use rates were highest among those with the lowest levels of education.
This document shows tobacco use rates in Maine by age group in 2009. The highest rate of tobacco use was among those aged 18-24, at 28%. Rates generally declined with age, with only 7% of those aged 65 and older reporting tobacco use. Tobacco use rates were highest among younger adults and declined steadily with increasing age.
This document presents data from 2009 on tobacco use rates in Maine by income bracket. It shows that tobacco use was highest, at 32.8%, for those earning less than $15,000 annually and declined steadily as income increased, being lowest at 9.9% for those earning $50,000 or more per year.
The document summarizes programs funded by the Fund for a Healthy Maine prior to the 2012-2013 biennium. It lists various departments within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that received funding, including the Centers for Disease Control, Office of Child and Family Services, Office of Substance Abuse, and Office of MaineCare Services. It also lists other state departments and programs that received funding, such as the Department of Education's School Breakfast Program, the Attorney General's office, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of Administrative and Financial Affairs. Quality child care and bone marrow screenings programs previously received funding but saw it eliminated in 2012-2013.
The high cost of health care and health insurance places a large burden on Maine businesses. The average cost of a family health insurance policy was $8,700 in 2008 but is projected to exceed $15,000 by 2012, a trajectory that is unsustainable for many businesses. Maine's economic recovery depends on reducing health care costs, which the Fund for a Healthy Maine aims to do. Every dollar invested in prevention saves $7.50 in health costs within five years. Without the Fund, Maine's public health investment would fall significantly compared to other states. Dismantling the Fund would send the wrong message and take Maine in an unwise direction for businesses.
The document summarizes transfers of funds from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the General Fund between April 2000 and June 2011. It shows that $15 million was initially transferred in April 2000, with an additional $11 million transferred in June 2001 after the trust fund was abolished. In total, over $126 million, or 69% of the funds, was diverted from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the General Fund during this period through transfers of reserve funds, unexpended balances, and program cuts.
The document outlines the intended and actual allocations of funds from Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine since its inception. The vision was to allocate 90% of funds to substance abuse prevention and treatment programs and 10% to a trust fund. However, the reality has seen 17.1% of funds diverted to the state's general fund, rather than the intended health programs, with $126.8 million diverted through 2013. Key health programs like child care, oral health, and home visitation have not received their intended levels of funding.
The Fund for a Healthy Maine has supported several public health initiatives in Maine with successes in multiple areas:
1) Tobacco use among youth has declined significantly, with high school smoking down 64% and middle school smoking down 73% between 1997 and 2007. The Tobacco HelpLine and Healthy Maine Partnerships have also helped reduce tobacco use.
2) Underage alcohol use has declined steadily over the past decade in Maine. A higher education partnership increased participating colleges and universities from 4 to 18 around preventing high risk drinking.
3) School based health centers provided over 13,000 patient encounters in 2009-2010 and helped over a third of students who smoked to quit or reduce smoking. Asthma management among users also
The Fund for a Healthy Maine previously funded several State positions in various departments including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Public Safety, Judiciary, and Attorney General's Office. However, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the General Fund began funding these positions instead of the Fund for a Healthy Maine. The positions included public health educators, social services specialists, education specialists, fire marshals, and assistant attorneys general among others. Departments had to absorb the costs of some positions without additional funding.
Each 1 percentage point decline in smoking rates in Maine would result in public health benefits and cost savings. Specifically:
- There would be 10,400 fewer adult smokers, 710 fewer high school smokers, and 2,700 fewer kids becoming addicted smokers.
- There would be 2,800 fewer smoking-related adult deaths and 230 fewer smoking-related teen deaths.
- In the first year there would be $0.2 million in savings from fewer smoking-affected births and $0.4 million from fewer heart attacks and strokes. Over 5 years, those savings would grow to $1.1 million and $5 million respectively.
- There would be an estimated $98.8 million reduction in future
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 grants the FDA authority to regulate tobacco products. Key provisions include banning fruit-flavored cigarettes, graphic health warnings covering 50% of cigarette packs, limits on advertising and marketing appeals to youth. It does not preempt all state/local tobacco control laws. The act aims to reduce youth tobacco use and inform the public of health risks but was partially struck down by a Kentucky court over some marketing restrictions.
The document contains data from 1955-2010 on cigarette excise taxes, retail prices, and per capita sales in Maine. It shows that the tax as a percentage of retail price increased from 52.2% in 1955 to 48.2% in 2010. Over this period, the retail price of cigarettes rose from $0.23 per pack to $6.24 per pack. Meanwhile, annual per capita cigarette sales in Maine declined from 133 packs in 1955 to 53 packs in 2010.
The Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM) allocates funds from Maine's annual tobacco settlement payments to support health programs aimed at disease prevention. It accounts for only 0.7% of Maine's total healthcare spending but funds critical programs in areas like smoking prevention and cessation, childcare, oral health, substance abuse treatment, and school-based health centers. Greater investment in prevention through the FHM has the potential to dramatically reduce chronic disease and healthcare costs over the long term.
The document discusses the benefits of comprehensive tobacco treatment coverage through Medicaid/MassHealth programs. It provides the example of Massachusetts, which in 2006 began covering tobacco cessation treatment including counseling and FDA-approved medications. Between 2006-2008, over 70,000 unique MassHealth members used the new benefit, and the smoking rate decreased 26% from 38.3% to 28.3%. The benefit was cost-effective, with $1.11 returned for every $1 spent due to reduced hospitalizations for conditions like heart attacks.
The document summarizes data from MaineCare (Maine's Medicaid program) on the use and costs of tobacco cessation benefits in fiscal year 2010, including pharmacotherapy (medications), counseling services, and copay costs paid by Medicaid recipients. It finds that in 2010, MaineCare paid over $1.26 million for pharmacotherapy provided to 13,533 members, with Chantix accounting for over $300,000 of costs. Counseling services cost $33,234 and were provided to 2,066 members. Eliminating copays for medications could cost Maine less than $100,000 annually based on 2010 data of $91,956 in copays paid.
Maine collected increasing amounts of excise tax revenue from non-cigarette tobacco products like smokeless tobacco from 1998 to 2011, rising from $2.89 million in 1998 to $11.57 million in 2011. In 2005, Maine changed its smokeless tobacco excise tax from a flat rate per unit to a weight-based system of $2.02 per ounce, with a minimum of $2.02 per canister, which contributed to higher and steadier revenue collection in subsequent years.
Maine's first tobacco law was passed over 100 years ago. Since 1981, many laws have been enacted to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. This includes laws that restrict smoking in public places, reduce youth access to tobacco, encourage smoking cessation, and prevent youth initiation. The document provides a summary of tobacco-related legislation passed in Maine between November 2008 and June 2009, including laws that further restricted smoking in public places and increased tobacco taxes.
Maine's first law regulating tobacco was passed over 100 years ago in 1897. Since then, laws have been passed to restrict smoking in public places, reduce youth access to tobacco, raise tobacco taxes, and establish tobacco prevention programs. The document provides a detailed history of tobacco legislation in Maine from 1897 to 1995, with the laws becoming increasingly restrictive over time to reduce the harms of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
This document summarizes Maine's history of tobacco policy initiatives and laws from 1897 to 2011. It discusses the progression of laws that have been passed to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke, restrict youth access to tobacco, increase tobacco taxes, and establish tobacco prevention programs. Key milestones include the first workplace smoking ban in 1985, comprehensive smoke-free laws in the 1990s and 2000s, increased tobacco taxes in 1997 dedicated to prevention programs, and the 1998 tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. The document provides a high-level overview of Maine's extensive efforts to enact tobacco control policies and initiatives over the past century.
Higher cigarette pack prices in Maine between 1993-2009 were associated with lower youth smoking rates. As the average retail price of a pack of cigarettes increased from $1.85 in 1993 to $5.61 in 2009, the percentage of high school students who reported smoking decreased from 38% to 14% over the same period.
The document shows revenue and program allocations for Maine's Fund for a Healthy Maine from fiscal years 2001 to 2013. It displays the beginning balance for the fund, the program cuts of $9 million in the first year, and flat funding for four years after money was diverted from the fund to the general fund. Revenue came from annual Master Settlement Agreement payments while allocations funded public health programs.
The Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM) was created by the Maine Legislature in 1999 to distribute tobacco settlement funds to support eight categories of health programs. The FHM receives annual payments from the tobacco settlement and allocates funds to supplement existing health programs, not replace taxpayer funding. However, in the past the Maine Legislature has diverted over $126 million from the FHM to the state's general fund. Supporters of the FHM want to ensure funds continue to be used for their intended health-related purposes and view the FHM as a unique opportunity to invest in disease prevention and health promotion programs that save costs.
The document shows tobacco use rates in Maine in 2009 broken down by level of education completed. The highest rate of tobacco use, at 34.7%, was among those with less than a high school education. The rate decreased with more education, with only 8.5% of college graduates using tobacco. Tobacco use rates were highest among those with the lowest levels of education.
This document shows tobacco use rates in Maine by age group in 2009. The highest rate of tobacco use was among those aged 18-24, at 28%. Rates generally declined with age, with only 7% of those aged 65 and older reporting tobacco use. Tobacco use rates were highest among younger adults and declined steadily with increasing age.
This document presents data from 2009 on tobacco use rates in Maine by income bracket. It shows that tobacco use was highest, at 32.8%, for those earning less than $15,000 annually and declined steadily as income increased, being lowest at 9.9% for those earning $50,000 or more per year.
This document proposes quality improvements to MaineCare tobacco cessation coverage, including:
- Increasing screening, access to pharmacotherapy, and counseling services
- Removing barriers like prior authorizations and duration limits on medications
- Expanding reimbursements for physicians, tobacco treatment specialists, and group counseling
- Improving communication to Medicaid recipients about the tobacco treatment benefit
The goal is to help more MaineCare recipients who smoke to successfully quit tobacco use through an evidence-based and comprehensive tobacco dependence treatment program.
Youth smoking rates in Maine decreased from 39.2% in 1995 to 14% in 2010 after a series of tobacco tax increases from 1995 to 2008, but began increasing again in 2010 for the first time in over 10 years. A graph shows cigarette smoking rates among Maine youth declining steadily from 1995 to 2009 as tobacco taxes increased by $0.37, $0.26, and $1.00 over that period.
This document shows the percentage of youth and adults who use various tobacco products in the United States. It finds that cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among both youth (18.1%) and adults (17.2%), followed by cigars, little cigars, or cigarillos for youth (14.9%) and smokeless tobacco for adults (8.6%). Youth reported lower rates of using flavored cigars, little cigars, or cigarillos (1.2%), roll your own tobacco (1.7%), and smokeless tobacco (3.6%) compared to adults.
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A toxic combination of 15 years of low growth, and four decades of high inequality, has left Britain poorer and falling behind its peers. Productivity growth is weak and public investment is low, while wages today are no higher than they were before the financial crisis. Britain needs a new economic strategy to lift itself out of stagnation.
Scotland is in many ways a microcosm of this challenge. It has become a hub for creative industries, is home to several world-class universities and a thriving community of businesses – strengths that need to be harness and leveraged. But it also has high levels of deprivation, with homelessness reaching a record high and nearly half a million people living in very deep poverty last year. Scotland won’t be truly thriving unless it finds ways to ensure that all its inhabitants benefit from growth and investment. This is the central challenge facing policy makers both in Holyrood and Westminster.
What should a new national economic strategy for Scotland include? What would the pursuit of stronger economic growth mean for local, national and UK-wide policy makers? How will economic change affect the jobs we do, the places we live and the businesses we work for? And what are the prospects for cities like Glasgow, and nations like Scotland, in rising to these challenges?
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China’s official organizer of the Expo, CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade https://en.ccpit.org/) has chosen Dr. Alyce Su as the Cover Person with Cover Story, in the Expo’s official magazine distributed throughout the Expo, showcasing China’s New Generation of Leaders to the World.
Confirmation of Payee (CoP) is a vital security measure adopted by financial institutions and payment service providers. Its core purpose is to confirm that the recipient’s name matches the information provided by the sender during a banking transaction, ensuring that funds are transferred to the correct payment account.
Confirmation of Payee was built to tackle the increasing numbers of APP Fraud and in the landscape of UK banking, the spectre of APP fraud looms large. In 2022, over £1.2 billion was stolen by fraudsters through authorised and unauthorised fraud, equivalent to more than £2,300 every minute. This statistic emphasises the urgent need for robust security measures like CoP. While over £1.2 billion was stolen through fraud in 2022, there was an eight per cent reduction compared to 2021 which highlights the positive outcomes obtained from the implementation of Confirmation of Payee. The number of fraud cases across the UK also decreased by four per cent to nearly three million cases during the same period; latest statistics from UK Finance.
In essence, Confirmation of Payee plays a pivotal role in digital banking, guaranteeing the flawless execution of banking transactions. It stands as a guardian against fraud and misallocation, demonstrating the commitment of financial institutions to safeguard their clients’ assets. The next time you engage in a banking transaction, remember the invaluable role of CoP in ensuring the security of your financial interests.
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How to Invest in Cryptocurrency for Beginners: A Complete GuideDaniel
Cryptocurrency is digital money that operates independently of a central authority, utilizing cryptography for security. Unlike traditional currencies issued by governments (fiat currencies), cryptocurrencies are decentralized and typically operate on a technology called blockchain. Each cryptocurrency transaction is recorded on a public ledger, ensuring transparency and security.
Cryptocurrencies can be used for various purposes, including online purchases, investment opportunities, and as a means of transferring value globally without the need for intermediaries like banks.
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FHM Allocations Since Inception Chart, Updated July 2011
1. Fund for a Healthy Maine
Allocations since Inception
The Vision:
The Vision:
New and Expanded
Health Programs
The Reality:
The Reality:
$ 126.8 million diverted
or approved for
diversion through FY 13
Title 22, Section 1511, Subsection 4: Allocations from the fund must be used to supplement, not supplant, appropriations from the General Fund.
Produced by the Maine Public Health Association, Updated July 2011