Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Lobbying Policies and Monitoring for Program to Reduce Obesity and Tobacco Use.

摘要

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity-related medical expenses in the U.S. were an estimated $147 billion in 2008, and tobacco use costs the nation $96 billion in medical expenses each year. To help reduce obesity and tobacco use, two leading causes of chronic disease, CDC established the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program using funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). With this funding, CDC awarded a total of approximately $522.3 million in cooperative agreements to state and local health departments in fiscal year 2010 throughout the country to address issues related to obesity and nutrition, and support tobacco use-cessation efforts. CDC made additional awards totaling approximately $36.9 million using funds appropriated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), enacted in 2010, and transferred to an account specifically for the CPPW program. All CPPW awards were made during fiscal year 2010, and, according to CDC officials, all CPPW award recipients will have completed their work by September 2013; CDC has no plans to continue the CPPW program.