08-05-2025
RAZE faces cuts, will not be returning after the cut
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – Most school halls in the Mountain State have been adorned with RAZE banners at one time or another.
Raze is West Virginia's youth tobacco prevention and education program.
After 24 years, the program is bidding farewell after budget cuts.
Funding cuts eliminate Raze tobacco education program in West Virginia
Back in 2023, the Mountain State was awarded 7.9 Million dollars in a lawsuit against the company JULE.
House Bill 3521 would have awarded $1.19 million of that to tobacco education efforts, but it died in the State Senate on the last day of the 2025 legislative session. RAZE released a letter thanking advisors for the last 24 years of effort.
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