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West Virginia Highlights – In Adobe Acrobat Format (PDF-36K) West Virginia 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% |
West Virginia† | 18.1% | 25.3% | 38.5% | 47.9% |
Boys† | 17.5% | 28.8% | 36.0% | 52.2% |
Girls† | 18.8% | 21.4% | 40.6% | 42.5% |
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; †West Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000. |
*Calculations
for
racial/ethnic
groups
are
based
on
combined
1999
and
2000
data.
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West Virginia is investing 56% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 23% of the upper estimated recommended funding. West Virginia spent $298 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 14% ($179,000,000 or $520.55 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 | $175,000,000 | Annual Total | $850,000,000 |
Hospital | $152,000,000 | Annual Per Capita | $470 |
Nursing Home | $118,000,000 | ||
Prescription Drugs | $52,000,000 | ||
Other | $42,000,000 | ||
Annual Total | $539,000,000 | ||
Annual Per Capita | $298 |
Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 | $54,981,783 |
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 | $33,766,000 |
Cigarette
tax
per
pack
was
$0.17
in
2001 Cigarette sales were 107.9 packs per capita in 2000 |
Funding Source | FY02 Amount |
Funding Cycle |
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only)* | $5,850,592 | 7/01–6/02 |
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue | $0 | |
State Appropriation—Other | $0 | |
Subtotal: State Appropriation | $5,850,592 | |
Federal—CDC
Office
on
Smoking and Health |
$1,145,612 | 6/01–5/02 |
Federal—SAMHSA | $35,000 | 10/01–9/02 |
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation | $955,689 | 10/00–9/01 |
Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA | $0 | |
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources | $2,136,301 | |
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control | $7,986,893 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) | $14,160,000 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) | $35,365,000 | |
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control | $4.41 | |
*An additional $500,000 was appropriated for the Tobacco/Alcohol Education Program. The appropriation language also states that to the extent permitted by law, eight classified exempt positions shall be provided for the educator-inspector positions to be used in the education and enforcement of activities relating to underage tobacco and alcohol use and sales. |
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