Michigan
Department of Community Health Tobacco Control Program
Impact
of Funding Cuts
Fiscal
Year 2003
*Total Funds: $5.5 Million
*State Funds: $3.8 Million
*Federal Funds: $1.7 Million
*Executive Order Reduction: $700,000 (18% of state funds)
Center for Disease Control Recommendation for funding
tobacco reduction in Michigan: $54.8 Million
The Tobacco Control Program provides funding for community tobacco reduction coalitions and local projects, communities of color grants, media, smoker’s quit kits, literature, training, consulting, and statewide projects.
Impact
of State Funding Cuts:
 | Approximately 1,025 Medicaid recipients will be denied access to resources (counseling and phone support) that allow them to be successful in quitting smoking. Because success at quitting has been shown to significantly improve with one-on-one or group support, many providers have made the quitline mandatory as part of receiving Medicaid approved cessation aids. Providers have lost a valuable resource with which to treat their clients. |
| Cuts to the college based project eliminate the resources for a college of 20,000 students to encourage students not to start smoking or to quit smoking. It also eliminates resources to promote smoke-free environments on campus and means that approximately 5,300 college students will continue to live in unprotected environments. |
| Funds to do community outreach and education in Detroit and Kalamazoo County regarding smoking and secondhand smoke were slashed. In these two areas, local programs focusing on smoke-free dorms, collaboration with unions on smoking policies to protect workers and outreach to faith-based groups and businesses have been eliminated. |
| The production of the “Dining Smoke-free in Michigan” guide has been terminated. The guide has been the fastest moving informational item at the Michigan Welcome Centers. It will no longer be available for travelers or Michigan citizens seeking smoke-free restaurants. Nor will it be available for parents wishing to protect their children from the dangers of secondhand smoke in restaurants. |
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