Now I know how much Missouri has collected from smokers and tobacco companies.
Any idea where to find information concerning what all that money has actually been spent on?
Oh boy! I dig around the Net for the state of Maine and where the money goes here. It's a long and tedious task, believe me. But it's all in here. They can't hide it.
Here is how much MO is receiving from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to control, restrict and promoting higher taxes in MO on the smokers:
American Cancer Society, Inc., Heartland Division, Inc. Kansas City,MO
SmokeLess States: National Tobacco Policy Initiative
1 year, ending 05/31/02 $200,000 ID#041907
Saint Louis,MO
SmokeLess States: National Tobacco Policy Initiative
2 years, ending 05/31/04 $754,130 ID#045146
Saint Louis,MO
Linking peer-and neigborhood-based smoking cessation with clinic-based services for low-income African Americans
40 months, ending 09/30/02 $500,000 ID#036026
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation works with the American Medical Association and currently, there are 44 states in the pocket of the RWJ Foundation. The more control, restrictions, and higher taxes imposed upon the smokers in the state, the bigger the grants. Completely separate from the Tobacco Settlement Money.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation then click on Tobacco.