Updated at 8:45 a.m., Saturday, January 20, 2007
Anti-smoking groups to share $8 million in grants
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i Community Foundation will award $8 million in community-based grants on Monday to 18 nonprofit organizations that provide services for tobacco use prevention and cessation. These grants from the Hawai'i Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund will run over three years.
Grant awardees will be announced during a ceremony from 1 to 1:30 p.m. at the Pearl Country Club, Pearl II, 98-535 Kaonohi St., Pearl City.
Hawai'i Community Foundation invests and administers the Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund, which was created by landmark legislation (Act 304, SLH 1999) devoting a significant portion of Hawai'i's tobacco settlement money to public-health efforts.
The fund's purpose is to reduce cigarette smoke and tobacco use among youth and adults. It focuses on education and enforcement activities in controlling and preventing chronic diseases in which tobacco is a risk factor.
Since the fund was created, the Hawai'i Community Foundation has distributed more than $15.6 million in community grants to nonprofit organizations statewide, and additional tobacco-prevention- and -control-related programs such as the Hawai'i State Quitline and anti-smoking media campaigns.
