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| Smoking rates have been falling off for years, but study shows trend is reversing. |
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By Jo Ingles - November 12, 2010 |
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The number of Ohioans who smoke has been going down in recent years. But a new study suggests that's not the case in this past year. Shelly Kiser of the Ohio Chapter of the American Lung Association says Ohio's smoking rate is about the 13th or 14th worst in the country. She says the rate of people quitting has become stagnant. And Kiser blames that situation on the lack of money available to help Ohioans quit smoking with a combination of counseling and nicotine patches. |
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Shelly Kiser (:25) 
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| Kiser says state funding has been reduced for programs like the toll free quit line. And she says unless state lawmakers do something between now and the end of June, Ohio's toll-free "Quit Line" might be the first in the nation to go out of business. |
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