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LETTER: It should matter to officials that anti-smoking efforts work  

As a chemical dependency therapist, a cardiac rehab specialist and a smoking cessation specialist, I am appalled that settlement funding is being reduced for prevention and cessation programs ("State Cuts Imperil No-Smoking Efforts," Sept. 28). What is the logic behind this? . . .

When prevention programs reach youth and make an impact on a young person's life, why doesn't this matter? When someone with heart disease quits smoking and increases her survival rate, why doesn't this matter? When a group member announced that she can walk up a hill since quitting, why doesn't this matter?

I ask someone why doesn't any of this matter? What is the logic?

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