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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will award a total of $125 million to states in supplemental funding for the Healthy Communities program, focusing on three priority areas: tobacco control, behavioral risk factor surveillance systems, and diabetes control and prevention. The money comes from the federal Recovery Act of 2008.
The province of Ontario has filed a $50-billion lawsuit against a group of major tobacco companies, seeking to recoup the cost of treating tobacco-related illnesses among its residents.
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