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States use tobacco settlements to fill gaps in Washington
Washington state faces budget gaps as states borrow against tobacco settlement payments. Attorney General Christine Gregoire warns this could waste a historic public health opportunity. Nationwide, few meet CDC guidance to devote 20 25 percent of settlement to tobacco prevention while Washington plans to securitize about 20 percent of its payments for 20 years to cover a 450 million shortfall of a 1.6 billion budget gap.
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