Jump to full article: Carlisle (PA) Sentinel, 2009-10-05
Author: Andrea Ciccocioppo, Sentinel Reporter
Intro: Banks completed a smoking cessation program through the Sadler Health Center and the Cumberland-Perry Drug & Alcohol Commission.
“I’ve never gone back,” she said. “I credit that program. I do not think I could’ve done it with without everyone’s support on a weekly basis. I don’t think I’d have ever quit if I hadn’t done that program.”
But programs like the one Banks completed are facing funding cuts in the state budget.
Massive cuts
The state budget compromise proposed by legislators and Gov. Ed Rendell includes a 50 percent cut in tobacco prevention and cessation programming, cutting funding from $32.2 million to $16.1 million.
“This would have devastating effects on our programs,” said Jack Carroll, director of Cumberland-Perry Drug & Alcohol Commission.
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