Our Alliance represents 350 plus coalitions throughout L.A. County focusing on prevention and educating our culturally diverse communities on tobacco control issues. We agree with the KNX editorial. The Alliance does not support Mayor Riordan's proposal to take tobacco settlement money to pay the cost associated with the police corruption scandal. However, we would like to go a step further. Please don't let Mayor Riordan take our children's tobacco education money away from them.
Most smokers start as teens.
Taking away money from our children that was designed to educate them about the dangers of tobacco violates the spirit of the tobacco settlement and supports the tobacco industry, which has stated that local governments would not use the tobacco settlement money for the children. We ask the City Council to remember your constituents. Remember the children. Please reject the Mayor's proposal to use tobacco settlement money to pay for the police corruption scandal. Please include the date and topic.