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We collect $25 billion a year -- states and localities -- from settlement agreements and taxation, and spend less than 3 percent of that on tobacco control.Thomas Frieden, head of the CDC.
The difference between the states making the most progress and the states not making progress is really stark and shows that government policies make a difference. It’s ironic that when we spend more than $7,500 per person, per year, on clinical curative care, we’re struggling to try to spend $10 a year on prevention.Thomas Frieden, head of the CDC.
At the national level, we’re kind of stuck. Now we’re back to where we had been. Too many bars, restaurants, and construction sites are still exempted from smoke-free laws.Matthew McKenna, MD, MPH, director of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, on the relatively unchanged smoking rate over the last few years.
He's really one of the top health leaders in the world, not just in New York, not just nationally, but globally. American Cancer Society CEO John Seffrin, on the new CDC director, Dr. Tom Frieden.