Protecting Children From Tobacco

National Report Ranks States in Protecting Kids from Tobacco 

Ten Years After Tobacco Settlement, States Falling Short in Funding Tobacco Prevention 

The annual report on states' funding of tobacco prevention programs, titled "A Decade of Broken Promises," was released by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The new report finds that most states have broken their promise to use a significant portion of their tobacco money to fund programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit.

The report warns that the nation faces two immediate challenges in the fight against tobacco use: complacency and looming state budget shortfalls. First, while the nation has made significant progress over the past decade in reducing smoking, progress has slowed and further progress is at risk without aggressive efforts at all levels of government. Second, the states are expected to face budget shortfalls in the coming year as a result of the weak economy. The last time the states faced significant budget shortfalls, they cut funding for tobacco prevention programs by 28 percent between 2002 and 2005. The cutbacks are a major reason why smoking declines subsequently stalled, and states should not make the same mistake again.

FY2009 Rankings of Funding for State Tobacco Prevention Programs

State and Current Rank

Alaska 1

Delaware 2

Wyoming 3

Hawaii 4

Montana 5

Maine 6

Vermont 7

South Dakota 8

Colorado 9

Arkansas 10

New Mexico 11

North Dakota 12

Oklahoma 13

Washington 14

District of Columbia 15

Minnesota 16

Utah 17

Maryland 18

New York 19

Arizona 20

Iowa 21

Florida 22

Mississippi 23

Wisconsin 24

West Virginia 25

Pennsylvania 26

Oregon 27

Indiana 28

Connecticut 29

Nebraska  30

California 31

North Carolina  32

Louisiana  33

Idaho 34

Massachusetts 35

Virginia 36

Nevada 37

Rhode Island 38

New Jersey 39

Tennessee 40

Kentucky 41

Kansas 42

Illinois 43

New Hampshire 44

Ohio 45

Texas 46

Michigan 47

Alabama 48

Missouri  49

Georgia 50

South Carolina 51

Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids 12 Nov 08

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