Cancer society wants cash from N.L. tobacco settlement targeted at prevention programs

Cancer society wants cash from N.L. tobacco settlement targeted at prevention programs

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has decided how a half-billion-dollar legal settlement with major tobacco companies will hit the books, but there are few details at this point on how the province will actually spend that money when it flows into the provincial treasury.

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The Newfoundland and Labrador government has decided how a half-billion-dollar legal settlement with major tobacco companies will hit the books. But there are few details at this point on how the province will actually spend that money when it flows into the provincial treasury. Now the Canadian Cancer Society is weighing in to call for targeted investments it believes could have big impacts. “Tobacco remains a leading preventable cause of disea…

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