Tobacco and Health Trust Fund
(THTF)
Public Act 23-92: An Act Concerning the Use of Funds in the Opioid and Tobacco Settlement Funds and Funds Received by the State as Part of any Settlement Agreement with a Manufacturer of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System and Vapor Products.
Section 4, (a) There is created a Tobacco and Health Trust Fund which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. The purpose of the trust fund shall be to create a continuing significant source of funds to support and encourage development of programs to reduce tobacco and nicotine use through prevention, education and cessation that use evidence-based best practices regarding (1) state and community interventions, (2) communication methods to disseminate health information to a wide audience, (3) cessation interventions, (4) surveillance and evaluation, and (5) infrastructure, administration and management. The trust fund shall be used to support the reduction in use of all tobacco and nicotine products, including, but not limited to, combustible, noncombustible, electronic and synthetic tobacco and nicotine products.
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The THTF Board is presently comprised of 16 active members; 1 vacancy.
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OPM Secretary |
Claudio Gualtieri - CHAIR |
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Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary |
| Office of Policy & Management |
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Governor |
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin |
| Professor of Psychiatry |
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| Yale University |
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Governor |
Manisha Juthani |
| Commissioner |
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Department of Public Health |
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Governor |
Ayesha Clarke |
| Interim Executive Director |
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| Health Equity Solutions |
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Governor |
Anne Foley |
| Former HHS Undersecretary |
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| Office of Policy and Management |
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Senate Pres. Pro Tempore |
Toni Harp |
| Former state Senator and Mayer of |
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| New Haven |
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Senate Pres. Pro Tempore |
John McArdle |
| Physician - Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine - Starling Physicians |
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| Pulmonary/Critical Care Attending Physician - St. Francis Hospital |
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Speaker of the House |
Vacant |
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Speaker of the House |
Mathew Jasinski |
| Attorney |
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| MotleyRice |
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| Senate Majority Leader |
Andrew Salner |
| Director, Cancer Program, Helen & Harry Gray Center - Medical Director of Radiation Oncology |
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| Hartford Hospital |
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| Senate Majority Leader |
Christopher Moran |
| Attorney |
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| State of Connecticut |
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| Senate Minority Leader |
Robert Boris |
| President |
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| Command Tech |
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| Senate Minority Leader |
Dr. Samuel Hahn |
| Cardiologist & Associate Director of Cardiac Catheterization |
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| Yale New Haven Hospital |
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| House Majority Leader |
Tricia Orozco |
| Intercommunity CT |
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| House Majority Leader |
Steven Hernandez |
| Executive Director |
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| ConnCAN |
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| House Minority Leader |
Michael Rell |
| International Governmental Strategies, LLC |
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| House Minority Leader |
Cindy Harrison |
| Former State Representative |
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| District 69 |
| THTF Board Staff: | ||||
| Melissa Morton | Melissa.Morton@ct.gov | Sharica Rose | Sharica.Rose@ct.gov | |
| Planning Specialist | Office of Policy and Management | Fiscal Administrative Officer | Office of Policy and Management | |
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