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Florida's Tobacco Control Grade Improves

By Tom Flanigan

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Tallahassee, Fl – Florida saw its grade improve in 2009's Tobacco Control Report Card from the American Lung Association because of a dollar-per-pack boost in the cigarette tax. Now Lung Association officials say the state needs to help more state workers and Medicaid patients quit smoking. More from Tom Flanigan.