Martinez who is currently the LULAC Texas State Deputy for the Elderly and the current president of the Texas LULAC #9900 has been traveling throughout Texas communities disseminating information on Texas Senate Bill #1179, which he lobbied to create a study to investigate the allocation and expenditure of the tobacco 1998 settlement agreement of more than $15B.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
May 20, 2019
Austin, TX - On Monday, Rodolfo "Rudy" Martinez who is currently the LULAC Texas State Deputy for the Elderly and the current president of the Texas LULAC #9900 confirmed that he has been the advocate behind the newly created Texas Senate Bill #1179 introduced by Texas State Senator Jose Menendez (D), which would launch a study to investigate the allocation and expenditure of the tobacco 1998 settlement agreement of more than $15B, if the bill is approved by the Texas state legislature's Health & Human Services Committee and moves forward. Martinez is fighting to make sure that Latinos suffering from tobacco-related Illnesses such as cancer, lung cancer, heart diseases and diabetes related to chronic smoking are able to get health related services paid by portions of the $15B in settlement monies.
According to Martinez, in the 1980's the tobacco industry targeted the Latino market by specifically providing their tobacco advertising in Spanish to ensure they reached the Latino community by getting them attracted to smoking that later caused illnesses and harm through nicotine addiction, which for many was difficult to break the smoking addiction.
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