Tobacco opponents are not pleased with a budget bill republicans passed in the state house yesterday that ends Quitline, and Just Eliminate Lies, a program that targets young people with an anti-smoking message. The Des Moines Register reports Lorene Mein, a nurse practitioner from Des Moines, says she routinely refers patients to Quitline, a state-sponsored telephone-counseling program that uses specially trained experts to help smokers kick the habit.
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