payment of health care costs for persons who use tobacco products; |
smoking cessation public education, seminars, treatment clinics and |
costs; expansion of the elderly low-cost drug program under the |
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 254 to cover health care |
expenses for smoking-related illness and disease; and health care |
coverage for persons who are unable to afford coverage. |
Expenditures from the fund are limited to 3/4 of the annual revenue |
unless approved by a vote of 3/4 of the members of the Senate and |
the House. |