Jump to full article: AP, 2008-04-20
Intro: The American Cancer Society and other groups are asking Gov. John Lynch to preserve funding for smoking cessation and cancer screening programs.
The state had planned to spend $2 million on the programs, but that total was trimmed to $250,000 as part of the governor's broad budget cuts. The cancer society is fighting back with ads arguing that this is no time to retreat in the fight against cancer.
The bulk of the money was supposed to be used for tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The plan also called for establishing a free colorectal cancer screening program for people with little or no health insurance coverage and expanding a similar screening program for breast and cervical cancers.
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