The Queen’s Medical Center’s Cancer Center has been granted $150,000 over two years by the Hawaii Community Foundation for its Smoking Intervention Guided Healing (SIGH) project. Funds for this award are made possible through the Hawaii Tobacco Prevention & Control Trust Fund.
QMC provides over 40 percent of the cancer care in Hawaii.
Patients diagnosed with cancer related to smoking are motivated and interested in cessation programs.
QMC is one of eight trust fund grant recipients to receive funding to help Hawaii residents quit tobacco.
The Hawaii Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund was created by landmark legislation (Act 304, SLH 1999), devoting a significant portion of Hawaii’s tobacco Master Settlement Agreement payment to create and maintain a Hawaii free of tobacco use, addiction, and exposure to secondhand smoke.
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