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NELSON: Tennessee AWOL in war on tobacco 

This month, in its annual "State of Tobacco Control 2009" report, the American Lung Association hung a big "F" on Tennessee for tobacco prevention and control spending, with only $1.4 million spent last year. It gave the state another "F" for smoking-cessation coverage, noting the lack of cessation product coverage in the TennCare program. The Lung Association cited Tennessee as one of five states, along with Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia and Missouri, that do not provide complete cessation coverage in their state-run health programs for the poor and disabled.

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