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Current Press Releases
For Immediate Release: January 14,
2008
South Dakota Tobacco Free Kids Network
Marks a Decade
Reducing Tobacco’s Toll through Policy Change Focus of Efforts
Pierre, January 14, 2008 — Formed with the purpose of reducing
the devastating human and financial toll of tobacco in our
state, the South Dakota Tobacco Free Kids Network marks its 10th
anniversary this month. During this decade, the Network has
worked to help South Dakotans quit smoking, prevent our children
from starting to use tobacco and provide education about the
dangers of tobacco use through effective public policy changes.
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Did you know...
Each year annual health care expenditures in
South Dakota associated with tobacco-use
costs the state over $400 million.
Tobacco addiction also accounts for almost
1,200 deaths annually in South Dakota.
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