The high annual cost of just one aspect of developmental delay due to prenatal exposure to ETS provides further impetus for increased prevention efforts such as educational programs to promote smoke-free homes, additional cigarette taxes, and subsidizing of smoking cessation programs.
Another potential intervention is government subsidizing of smoking cessation programs.
A major appeal of government subsidizing of smoking cessation is the cost-effectiveness of cessation programs (Parrott and Godfrey 2004).
They may also serve to "subsidize" the cost of smoking for those less able to afford it, the study said.
Already the tobacco companies are subsidizing U.S. anti-smoking programs through contributions to funds established in the 1998 tobacco settlement.
But if the Boss is already sitting on this kind of visible loot, taxpayers asked to subsidize the venues might balk. MICHAEL OZANIAN Smoking Gums?
Imagine what would happen if the top lobbyist for the tobacco industry gave a half-hour speech announcing that "smoking is good for your health" and called on the federal government to subsidize the distribution of cigarettes in every American school.
They subsidize the phone.
"We subsidize their hobbies".
Encourage and subsidize home cooking.
