Illinois ranks 42nd among U.S. states in its funding of tobacco prevention programs.
Tobacco companies agreed in 1998 to settle lawsuits several states brought over smoking-related health care costs. The companies are paying the states about $206 billion over more than two decades.
Illinois this year will collect $857 million from the settlement and tobacco taxes. The reports says the state will spend about 1 percent of it on tobacco prevention.
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