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News & Media to Restore CTCP Funding: |
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| June 21, 2010 Editorial |
Tobacco control program as an excellent return on investment | Jonathan Foulds, PHD Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH |
mycentraljersey.com (Gannett, Courier News) |
| June 18, 2010 Editorial |
Gains made to be lost with cut of CTCP funding | Edward Kazimir | northjersey.com (Bergen Record) |
| June 10, 2010 News Article |
mportance of restoring CTCP funding | Susan K. Livio (statehouse bureau) |
nj.com (Star Ledger) |
| June 7, 2010 Editorial |
Importance of CTCP funded programs | Amy Schmelzer, MS, MPH | mycentraljersey.com (Gannett, Courier News) |
| Spring, 2010 Newsletter |
Financial consequences of eliminating the NJ CTCP, testimony from QuitCenter patient, tobacco use in NJ, and a call to action to save the program |
Mercer County Community Partnership for a Tobacco-Free New Jersey | Mercer County Tobacco Dependence Program |
| May 22, 2010 Press Release |
Importance of funding for smoking cessation in the Latino community | Karen Blumenfeld, Esq. | |
| May 17, 2010 News Article |
111 speakers signed up to testify at the May 17, 2010 Assembly Budget Committee meeting | Matt Friedman (statehouse bureau) | nj.com (Star Ledger) |
| May 13, 2010 News Article |
Vineland Mobile Unit for Smoking Cessation at Risk with funding cut | Kristi Funderburk (staff writer) | thedailyjournal.com (The Daily Journal) |
| May 12, 2010 News Article Press Release |
Teen smoking rates and healthcare costs will rise if CTCP program eliminated in NJ | Fred M. Jacobs, MD, JD and Rebecca Perkins | news-medical.net (Medical News) |
| May 9, 2010 News Article |
State-funded smoking cessation programs at risk | Bill Bowman (staff writer) | app.com (Asbury Park Press) |
| April 26 , 2010 Editorial |
Support of funding state tobacco programs | Courier Post | courierpostonline.com (Gannett, USA Today) |
| March 24, 2010 Letter to Editor |
Support of CTCP funded Quitnet, Quitline and Quitcenters | Nancy Szkodny of Sayreville | mycentraljersey.com (Gannett, USA Today) |
| March 20, 2010 Letter to Editor |
Importance of tobacco control funding from a health perspective | Marc Steinberg, Ph.D., Mercer County | nj.com (Trenton Times) |