KEY STATE-SPECIFIC TOBACCO-RELATED DATA & RANKINGS

 

State

Adult Smoking Rate

Adult Smoking Rank

(1=low)

Pregnant Smoking Rate

Pregnant Smoking Rank 

(1 = low)

Youth Smoking Rate[*]

New Youth Smokers Each Year

Annual Adult Deaths from Smoking

Kids Now Alive Who Will Become Smokers

Kids Now Alive Who Will Die Early From Smoking

Smoking Caused Health Costs 1998

(millions)

Cigarette Tax#

(cents per pack)

National Rank

(1 = high)

Tobacco Control Spending

(millions)

Tobacco Control

Percent of CDC Minimum

 CDC Percent Spending Rank

(1 = high)

All States

22.5%

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11.4%

///

21.9%

740,000+

400,000[†]

19+ mill.

6+  million

$75+ billion

74.4

///

$541.1

 

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Alabama

24.4%

35th

12.6%

22nd

24.7%

13,000

7,400

347,000

111,000

$1.17 bill.

42.5

37th

$0.36

1.3%

44th

Alaska

29.4%

50th

17.4%

38th

19.2%

2,200

440

60,000

19,500

$132

100

13th

$3.8

47.0%

14th

Arizona

23.5%

30th

6.8%

3rd

20.9%

9,100

6,800

242,000

77,000

$1.0 bill.

118

11th

$25.5

91.8%

5th

Arkansas

26.3%

40th

18.6%

44th

34.7%

7,800

4,900

209,000

66,000

$633

59

27th

$18.5

103.3%

4th

California

16.4%

2nd

9.8%

15th

21.6%

74,600

38,200

1,991,000

637,000

$7.13 bill.

87

19th

$90.1

54.6%

12th

Colorado

20.4%

6th

9.1%

11th

25.3%

10,800

4,200

288,000

92,000

$1.02 bill.

20

44th

$3.8

15.5%

32nd

Connecticut

19.5%

5th

7.4%

4th

22.0%

9,800

4,800

262,000

83,000

$1.27 bill.

151

3rd

$0.5

2.4%

43rd

Delaware

24.7%

38th

13.2%

28th

23.5%

2,200

1,100

61,000

19,500

$221

55

30th

$10.1

117%

51st

DC

20.4%

6th

3.7%

1st

14.7%

900

720

24,000

7,700

$190

100

13th

$0

0%

2nd

Florida

22.1%

17th

9.1%

11th

18.1%

35,900

28,700

958,000

306,000

$4.93 bill.

33.9

42nd

$1.0

1.3%

44th

Georgia

23.3%

28th

8.3%

8th

20.9%

21,900

10,700

586,000

187,000

$1.75 bill.

37

39th

$12.6

29.6%

27th

Hawaii

21.1%

9th

7.6%

6th

24.5%

2,700

1,000

74,000

23,000

$263

140

7th

$8.9

82.6%

6th

Idaho

20.6%

8tth

10.1%

16th

14.0%

3,700

1,500

100,000

32,000

$249

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