MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - In a story April 8 about a meeting where public health groups are going to ask lawmakers to increase the smoking age in Vermont, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the organization holding the event. The event is being hosted by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, not the American Cancer Institute. The story also incorrectly reported the day of the meeting. It is going to be Wednesday, not Tuesday.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Advocates to push lawmakers to raise tobacco age
After a bill to raise the tobacco sale and use age to 21 in Vermont was tabled in the Senate, a cohort of cancer patients and survivors is holding an all-day meeting on anti-cancer policy in the state
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A cohort of cancer patients and survivors is holding an all-day meeting on anti-cancer policy in the state.
The meeting follows the Senate’s tabling of a bill to raise the tobacco sale and use age to 21 in Vermont.
The meeting, hosted annually by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, will be held Wednesday and end with a reception for lawmakers where advocates will push to continue with the effort to raise the tobacco age.
The bill was tabled last month after the Senate nearly split a vote. Prior to the vote, a fiscal analysis showed that Vermont would lose about $750,000 a year in tax revenue if the law went into effect, though advocates say health care savings would more than make up for the lost revenue.
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