Tobacco Facts

Statistics on Tobacco in New York State
Adult Smoking Rate - 2007 18.9% Adult Smoking Rate 2001 23.2% Number of adult smokers in New York 2,813,100	High School Students Who Smoke - 2007 13.8% Packs of cigarettes smoked by kids each year 35.4 million New teen smokers every year 23,900 Kids alive today who will die from smoking (at current smoking rate) 389,000 Teen Smoking Rate 2000 27.1%

 

Annual deaths in New York State caused by tobacco use 25,400

New Yorkers alive with tobacco-caused disease 510,000

Annual tobacco-caused health care costs $8.17 billion

Total tobacco-caused Medicaid expenditures $5.4 billion

New York State Cigarette Excise Tax $2.75/pack (highest in U.S.)

Kids exposed to secondhand smoke at home 1,120,000

 

Taxes in nearby states: • Rhode Island - $2.46 • New Jersey - $2.575 • Maine - $2.00 • Massachusetts - $2.51 • Connecticut – 2.00 • Pennsylvania - $1.35 • Vermont – 1.99

 

Annual appropriation to Tobacco Control Program (TCP) $81.9 million

Percent of CDC-recommended minimum 32.2% (19th highest in U.S.)

Highest appropriation Alaska $9.2 million

Adult prevalence by 2010 if TCP funded at CDC minimum – 12% (one million fewer smokers) 317,000 deaths prevented over next generation

Teen prevalence by 2010 if TCP funded at CDC minimum – 10% (100,000 fewer smokers) 300,000 kids alive now saved from smoking

Medicaid Savings by 2010 if TCP funded at CDC minimum $84 million

Reference: Russell Sciandra, Director- Center for a Tobacco free New York 1/26/06