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North Carolina Highlights – In Adobe Acrobat Format (PDF-30K) North Carolina 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% |
North Carolina† | 15.0% | 18.4% | 31.6% | 38.3% |
Boys† | 16.0% | 21.0% | 33.4% | 44.0% |
Girls† | 14.0% | 15.7% | 29.7% | 32.4% |
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; †North Carolina Youth Tobacco Survey, 1999. |
*Calculations
for
racial/ethnic
groups
are
based
on
combined
1999
and
2000
data.
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North Carolina is investing 9% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 3% of the upper estimated recommended funding. North Carolina spent $255 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 13% ($600,000,000 or $513.30 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 | $646,000,000 | Annual Total | $2,829,000,000 |
Hospital | $478,000,000 | Annual Per Capita | $370 |
Nursing Home | $491,000,000 | ||
Prescription Drugs | $161,000,000 | ||
Other | $147,000,000 | ||
Annual Total | $1,923,000,000 | ||
Annual Per Capita | $255 |
Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 | $142,728,818 |
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 | $42,378,000 |
Cigarette
tax
per
pack
was
$0.05
in
2001 Cigarette sales were 109.0 packs per capita in 2000 |
Funding Source | FY02 Amount |
Funding Cycle |
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only) | $0 | |
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue | $0 | |
State Appropriation—Other | $650,000 | 7/01–6/02 |
Subtotal: State Appropriation | $650,000 | |
Federal—CDC
Office
on
Smoking and Health |
$1,848,922 | 6/01–5/02 |
Federal—SAMHSA | $208,961 | 10/01–9/02 |
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation | $1,141,057 | 10/00–9/01 |
Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA | $0 | |
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources | $3,198,940 | |
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control | $3,848,940 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) | $42,591,000 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) | $118,626,000 | |
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control | $0.47 |
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