By Noah Glick, KUNR

Let’s start with the negatives. Nevada got an F in tobacco taxes, cessation services and prevention funding.

“We’re only spending about six percent of what the CDC recommends we spend to prevent youth from starting to smoke and help adults quit. Only North Dakota, only one state, received an A.”

That’s Frankie Vigil, executive director of the American Lung Association of Nevada. She says there is room for improvement, but Nevada is in line with much of the nation.

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