That might just be the little extra impetus they need to seek help and quit smoking.

What we're looking at, if the funds were lost, is a huge loss in these programs and also a loss in cost-effectiveness to the state. This would mean a big change for us.

What we're trying to do here is just to have people who smoke recognize themselves in these ads and think about the more short-term, day-to-day effects of smoking.

This is extremely disappointing, because many people have worked very hard to help us find solutions so we didn't have to shut down. Now, we'll just have to come up with creative programming that is not confined to walls.

There are many approaches, thousands of approaches out there can help you stop smoking. There's the gum, there's the patch. But what's important is what's going to work for you. And I think you and your physician, having a conversation about that, can provide the best results,

Quitting smoking is a hard thing to do, and it's important to provide as much help and encouragement as we can to the person attempting to quit.