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===2013: [https://truthinitiative.org/sites/default/files/media/files/2019/03/LEG-2013-AnnualReport.pdf 2013 Annual Report]=== | ===2013: [https://truthinitiative.org/sites/default/files/media/files/2019/03/LEG-2013-AnnualReport.pdf 2013 Annual Report]=== | ||
===2010: [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ohio-appellate-court-ruling-a-major-setback-for-efforts-to-preserve-tobacco-funds-protect-the-health-of-ohioans-80808997.html Ohio Appellate Court Ruling a Major Setback for Efforts to Preserve Tobacco Funds, Protect the Health of Ohioans]=== | |||
* "However, when we were asked to join the fight to safeguard these monies for their intended purpose, we considered it a moral imperative and still do. We will ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the trial court's injunction requiring that the funds be spent for tobacco control | |||
* In that ruling, the appeals court reversed a lower court's order permanently enjoining the State from dissolving the endowment of the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation (OTPF). | |||
*Legacy, a national public health foundation created as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), stepped forward in April 2008 to help safeguard the tobacco settlement dollars Ohio had set aside for tobacco control. After OTPF signed a contract with Legacy to preserve tobacco prevention and cessation efforts in the state, the legislature voted to abolish both OTPF and its endowment. | |||
===2009: [https://youthtoday.org/2009/10/the-truth-about-american-legacy/ The Truth About American Legacy]=== | ===2009: [https://youthtoday.org/2009/10/the-truth-about-american-legacy/ The Truth About American Legacy]=== | ||
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