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( Alabama HighlightsHealth Impacts
Adult
Cigarette
Use,
2000
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| 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% |
| Alabama† | 19.1% | 26.5% | 30.2% | 37.6% |
| Boys† | 22.1% | 32.0% | 32.5% | 44.3% |
| Girls† | 15.7% | 20.4% | 27.8% | 30.7% |
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; †Alabama Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000. |
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*Calculations
for
racial/ethnic
groups
are
based
on
combined
1999
and
2000
data.
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Alabama is investing 8% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 3% of the upper estimated recommended funding. Alabama spent $269 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 9% ($186,000,000 or $352.36 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 | $433,000,000 | Annual Total | $1,777,000,000 |
| Hospital | $300,000,000 | Annual Per Capita | $407 |
| Nursing Home | $241,000,000 | ||
| Prescription Drugs | $110,000,000 | ||
| Other | $86,000,000 | ||
| Annual Total | $1,170,000,000 | ||
| Annual Per Capita | $269 | ||
| Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 | $96,961,493 |
| Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 | $70,665,000 |
| Cigarette
tax
per
pack
was
$0.165
in
2001 Cigarette sales were 96.2 packs per capita in 2000 |
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| Funding Source | FY02 Amount |
Funding Cycle |
| State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only)* | $600,000 | 10/01–9/02 |
| State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue | $0 | |
| State Appropriation—Other | $0 | |
| Subtotal: State Appropriation | $600,000 | |
| Federal—CDC
Office
on
Smoking and Health |
$1,340,047 | 6/01–5/02 |
| Federal—SAMHSA | $78,720 | 10/01–9/02 |
| Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation | $208,156 | 10/00–9/01 |
| Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA | $0 | |
| Subtotal: Federal/National Sources | $1,626,923 | |
| FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control | $2,226,923 | |
| CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) | $26,740,000 | |
| CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) | $71,235,000 | |
| FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control | $0.50 | |
| *An additional $2,000,000 was appropriated in FY02 to the Department of Education for drug, alcohol, or tobacco education and prevention programs. | ||
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