The tobacco settlement provides many possibilities for the prevention of tobacco use and exposure in North Carolina.

 

The Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission oversees 25% of monies from the tobacco settlement that are used for strategies to improve the health and quality of life of North Carolinians.

 

Environmental and policy changes will be crucial to changing a culture that has long viewed smoking as a social norm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated 09/06/05