The winners of the 2024 PBS Kids Writers Contest at WVPB have been announced!
Nominate an exceptional West Virginia teacher today!
On Demand
On Demand
Watch locally produced documentaries & more.
On Demand
On Demand
West Virginia Morning
Inside Appalachia
West Virginia Week
Mountain Stage
Us & Them
The Legislature Today
Send us your comments and questions.
Stream our board meetings.
Come and meet us!
Check out the latest WVPB news.
Meet the WVPB staff.
WV Educational Broadcasting Authority, the WVPB Foundation, and the Friends of WVPB.
Come work with us!
Sign up for our newsletter and get weekly updates.
Sponsor impactful and engaging media and entertainment.
Use your IRA to make a gift to WVPB.
Become a member with your gift of $1,000 or more.
A group of public health organizations say West Virginia isn’t spending enough money on programs to prevent tobacco use.
According to a report, states this year will collect $25.6 billion from the national tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes. But they’ll spend less than 2 percent of it on tobacco prevention and cessation programs.
The report was released by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the American Cancer Society and several other groups.
It says West Virginia is spending $4.9 million on tobacco prevention funding in the current fiscal year. That’s only about 18 percent of the $27.4 million recommended to be spent by federal officials.
The groups say states are shortchanging programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, as well as save lives and health care costs.
