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Updated: Sunday, 27 Jan 2013, 7:56 PM EST
Published : Sunday, 27 Jan 2013, 7:47 PM EST

NEW YORK (WIVB) - Anti-smoking crusaders claim Governor Andrew Cuomo is failing to deliver on his promise to help them.

Governor Cuomo said he would expand "tobacco cessation" efforts', but his proposal puts $40 million dollars into a pool for all the groups which is equal to what they get now.

The State Legislature restores $5 million dollars in cuts the Governor made to the same programs in 2012.

According to the cancer society, New York uses none of the $2 billion dollars in tobacco taxes it collects for programs that encourage people to quit using tobacco.

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