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Highlights
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( Colorado 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% |
| Colorado† | 8.8% | 13.6% | 25.3% | 34.4% |
| Boys† | 9.3% | 15.9% | 23.9% | 37.1% |
| Girls† | 8.4% | 11.1% | 26.9% | 31.6% |
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; †Colorado 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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Colorado is investing 61% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 24% of the upper estimated recommended funding. Colorado spent $259 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 17% ($249,000,000 or $722.84 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 | $419,000,000 | Annual Total | $856,000,000 |
| Hospital | $239,000,000 | Annual Per Capita | $211 |
| Nursing Home | $213,000,000 | ||
| Prescription Drugs | $73,000,000 | ||
| Other | $82,000,000 | ||
| Annual Total | $1,026,000,000 | ||
| Annual Per Capita | $259 | ||
| Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 | $85,026,250 |
| Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 | $60,818,000 |
| Cigarette
tax
per
pack
was
$0.20
in
2001 Cigarette sales were 73.0 packs per capita in 2000 |
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| Funding Source | FY02 Amount |
Funding Cycle |
| State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only)* | $12,891,329 | 7/01–6/02 |
| State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue | $0 | |
| State Appropriation—Other | $0 | |
| Subtotal: State Appropriation | $12,891,329 | |
| Federal—CDC
Office
on
Smoking and Health |
$1,350,347 | 6/01–5/02 |
| Federal—SAMHSA | $99,940 | 10/01–9/02 |
| Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation† | $200,000 | 10/00–9/01 |
| Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA | $383,176 | 3/01–2/02 |
| Subtotal: Federal/National Sources | $2,033,463 | |
| FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control | $14,924,792 | |
| CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) | $24,546,000 | |
| CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) | $63,255,000 | |
| FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control | $3.39 | |
| *An additional $6,875,375 was appropriated to the Office of the President at the University of Colorado for a tobacco-related research grant program. | ||
| †On October 1, 2001, Colorado was awarded an additional grant from the American Legacy Foundation. | ||
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