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Michigan Ranks Last in Use of Tobacco-Settlement Funds for Smoking-Prevention.

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| January 17, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Detroit Free Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Wendy Wendland-Bowyer

Jan. 17--Michigan is tied for last place nationally in the amount of tobacco-settlement money it spends to keep kids from smoking, according to a report released Tuesday.

That dubious distinction is earning the state criticism from groups normally at odds: advocacy organizations like the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, which released the report, and tobacco companies like Philip Morris U.S.A., which says it wants states to spend their settlement money to deter youth smoking.

"If the result is we sell fewer cigarettes in the future . . . so be it," said Tom Ryan, spokesman for Philip Morris. "We are prepared for that.…

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