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