Nampa and Caldwell classes will remain, but other classes are losing their funding July 1.
Jump to full article: The Idaho Statesman, 2009-06-21
Author: NATE KNIFE
Intro: That's what Nancy Caspersen set out to correct when she founded Quit and Live Inc., a company that helps smokers finally kick the butts. But, a cut in state funding means her smoking-cessation classes in Boise will end.
"I had 85 people on the waiting list for the Boise class," Caspersen said. "How am I going to reach those 85 people?"
She's been running the classes with money from the Idaho Millennium Fund. The Legislature created the fund with money Idaho received after tobacco companies settled a lawsuit alleging they targeted minors with their ads.
The fund was meant to provide money for programs that promoted not smoking or that helped people quit. It has since expanded to include other drugs.
"The funding was cut nearly in half this year, which means less money for contractors like me to runour classes," said Caspersen, a registered nurse and tobacco cessation specialist.
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