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Report Contents | Front Material | Healthy People 2010 Objectives-Tobacco Priority Area | State Highlights 2002 | Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Summaries | Data Sources and Definitions | Questions and Comments


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California Highlights

Health Impacts

Smoking-Attributable Deaths, 1999 Smoking-Attributable Deaths, 1999, Disease-Specific
Overall 38,233 State Lung Cancer 74.1/100,000
Men 22,642 All States 90.2/100,000
Women 15,591 State CHD* 60.8/100,000
Death Rate 261.8/100,000 All States 59.7/100,000
All States 295.5/100,000 State COPD 68.8/100,000
  All States 59.7/100,000
Youth Projected to Die from Smoking, 1999–2000
Overall 637,270
Projected Death Rate 6,890/100,000
Projected All States 8,830/100,000
*Coronary heart disease; †chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Adult Cigarette Use, 2000
 
Adult Cigarette Use, 2000<br> : Y axis=Percent of Adults Who Smoke, X axis=California Overall 17.2%, All States (Median) 23.3%

Environmental Tobacco Smoke, 1998–99
 
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, 1998-99: Y axis=Percent of People Protected by Smoking Policies, X axis=Worksite 77.6%, National 69.0%, Home 74.3%, National 61.1%

Youth Tobacco Use

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%
California 6.7% 10.0% 21.6% 27.8%
Boys 7.0% 10.6% 22.7% 31.0%
Girls 6.4% 9.4% 20.4% 24.3%
Current Cigarette Smoking = smoked cigarettes on greater than or equal to1 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 greater than or equal to1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
Sources: *National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000; †California Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000.

Disparities Among Adult Population Groups, 2000*

*Calculations for racial/ethnic groups are based on combined 1999 and 2000 data.
 
Disparities Among Adult Population Groups, 2000. For those using screen readers please click on the hypertext link below for a text version.
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Economic Impacts and Investments

California is investing 83% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 31% of the upper estimated recommended funding. California spent $218 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 16% ($2,310,000,000 or $326.14 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
Ambulatory $3,703,000,000 Annual Total $7,515,000,000
Hospital $1,363,000,000 Annual Per Capita $227
Nursing Home $1,140,000,000  
Prescription Drugs $507,000,000  
Other $424,000,000  
Annual Total $7,137,000,000  
Annual Per Capita $218  

State Revenue from Tobacco Sales and Settlement

Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 $759,225,833
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 $1,176,859,000
Cigarette tax per pack was $0.87 in 2001
Cigarette sales were 41.6 packs per capita in 2000

Investment in Tobacco Control

Funding Source FY02
Amount
Funding
Cycle
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only)* $20,000,000 7/01–6/02
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue $114,536,000 7/01–6/02
State Appropriation—Other $0  
Subtotal: State Appropriation $134,536,000  
Federal—CDC Office on Smoking
and Health
$335,610 6/01–5/02
Federal—SAMHSA $2,000,000 10/01–9/02
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation $645,679 10/00–9/01
Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA $299,176 6/01–5/02
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources $3,280,465  
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control $137,816,465
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) $165,098,000
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) $442,403,000
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control $4.02
*This amount represents the state's portion of the tobacco settlement revenue.

 


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