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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)