Wednesday May 26, 2004
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In 1998, D.C. and virtually every U.S. state were awarded billions of dollars from the country's largest cigarette manufacturers to create tobacco-prevention programs. Find out whether your local government has fulfilled that promise, or if the money went to plug general budget gaps.
Danny McGoldrick, Director of Research, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Amber Thornton, Executive Vice President for Program Development, American Legacy Foundation
Carlessia Hussein, Director of the Cigarette Restitution Fund Program, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Marge White, Deputy Director, Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation
As a finale to our month long poetry series, we have two poets join us for the full hour to discuss not only the craft of poetry but why they became poets and what continues to draw them to the art form.
Stan Plumly, poet, professor of creative writing, University of Maryland
Myra Sklarew, poet, professor of literature, American University