The best ways to save taxpayers dollars and save lives is to fully fund the state tobacco control program. The science is irrefutable- comprehensive tobacco control programs are smart, cost-effective investments that not only improve health and save lives, but also save money by dramatically Reducing health care costs for government, businesses, and families. The New York State Tobacco Control Program works to Reduce adult and youth smoking with community programs to change community norms about smoking, with media and counter-marketing to expose tobacco industry propaganda, and with cessation systems and services which help tobacco users to attempt to stop using tobacco and stay successful at it. Tobacco control and prevention programs are life-saving initiatives. Cigarette prices and tobacco control funding must remain high.