Quiet change in 2014 tied West Nile
prevention budget to anti-smoking efforts
A move to put more tobacco tax money toward South Dakota’s day-today government expenses might mean more mosquito bites - and a greater risk of West Nile virus after July.
Gov. Larry Rhoden signed Senate Bill 54 into law March 28. It reduces the amount of yearly tobacco tax revenue used to help people quit and avoid smoking from $5 million to $2 million. The rest of the money raised annually by the…