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Kentucky Highlights – In Adobe Acrobat Format (PDF-35K) Kentucky HighlightsHealth Impacts
Adult
Cigarette
Use,
2000
|
Current
Cigarette
Smoking, Grades 6–8 |
Current Any Tobacco Use, Grades 6–8 | Current
Cigarette Smoking, Grades 9–12 |
Current Any Tobacco Use, Grades 9–12 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
National* | 11.0% | 15.1% | 28.0% | 34.5% |
Kentucky† | 21.5% | 28.3% | 37.4% | 46.2% |
Boys† | 21.9% | 33.0% | 35.6% | 50.2% |
Girls† | 21.1% | 23.2% | 39.0% | 41.8% |
Current
Cigarette
Smoking
=
smoked
cigarettes
on
1
of
the
30
days
preceding
the
survey. Current Any Tobacco Use = current use of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco or pipes or bidis or cigars or kreteks on 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. Sources: *National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000; †Kentucky Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000. |
*Calculations
for
racial/ethnic
groups
are
based
on
combined
1999
and
2000
data.
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Kentucky is investing 20% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 7% of the upper estimated recommended funding. Kentucky spent $298 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 15% ($380,000,000 or $589.46 per recipient) of all Medicaid expenditures were spent on smoking-related illnesses and diseases.
Smoking-Attributable Direct Medical Expenditures, 1998 |
Smoking-Attributable Productivity Costs, 1999 |
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---|---|---|---|
Ambulatory | $371,000,000 | Annual Total | $1,841,000,000 |
Hospital | $313,000,000 | Annual Per Capita | $465 |
Nursing Home | $299,000,000 | ||
Prescription Drugs | $108,000,000 | ||
Other | $80,000,000 | ||
Annual Total | $1,171,000,000 | ||
Annual Per Capita | $298 |
Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 | $104,957,133 |
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 | $18,724,000 |
Cigarette
tax
per
pack
was
$0.03
in
2001 Cigarette sales were 156.2 packs per capita in 2000 |
Funding Source | FY02 Amount |
Funding Cycle |
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only)* | $3,040,000 | 7/01–6/02 |
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue | $0 | |
State Appropriation—Other | $0 | |
Subtotal: State Appropriation | $3,040,000 | |
Federal—CDC
Office
on
Smoking and Health |
$1,128,413 | 6/01–5/02 |
Federal—SAMHSA | $182,208 | 10/01–9/02 |
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation | $99,261 | 10/00–9/01 |
Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA | $462,814 | 3/01–2/02 |
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources | $1,872,696 | |
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control | $4,912,696 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) | $25,090,000 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) | $69,895,000 | |
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control | $1.21 | |
*An additional $2,500,000 was appropriated to the Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse for smoking cessation and other substance abuse programs. |
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