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Tobacco settlement fund audits released for health care facilities in central Pa.
The release of tobacco settlement fund audits for health care facilities in Dauphin and York counties has been announced by Auditor General Timothy DeFoor.
Lancaster extract company to be acquired by Virginia tobacco company
Shank’s Extracts, a privately-held flavoring and food company based in Lancaster has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Universal Corp. by the end of the year.
Guest view: A win for health care over big tobacco is at risk
A lot has changed since 1998, the year that Pennsylvania and 45 states stood up to big tobacco and helped create the Tobacco Settlement Fund, or TSF. Since Pennsylvania hospitals first began receiving money from the fund, it has been used to bolster health care in that state in a variety of ways. Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget plan kept the TSF whole, but The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pen[...]
Guest view: Tobacco 21 laws would benefit businesses, citizens
Tobacco 21 is a nationwide movement to increase the legal purchasing age of tobacco from 18 to 21. If this legislation passes in Pennsylvania, there will be fewer smokers in the future, and medical costs, tax burdens and productivity losses will decrease.
