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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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Ohio Highlights

Health Impacts

Smoking-Attributable Deaths, 1999 Smoking-Attributable Deaths, 1999, Disease-Specific
Overall 18,953 State Lung Cancer 97.6/100,000
Men 11,077 All States 90.2/100,000
Women 7,892 State CHD* 70.4/100,000
Death Rate 317.6/100,000 All States 59.7/100,000
All States 295.5/100,000 State COPD 74.2/100,000
  All States 59.7/100,000
Youth Projected to Die from Smoking, 1999–2000
Overall 314,717
Projected Death Rate 10,896/100,000
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=Ohio Overall 26.3%, 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 63.2%, National 69.0%, Home 51.0%, 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%
Ohio 13.7% 18.7% 33.4% 41.1%
Boys 14.7% 22.0% 33.0% 45.6%
Girls 12.7% 15.2% 33.7% 35.9%
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; †Ohio 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

Ohio is investing 197% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 70% of the upper estimated recommended funding. Ohio spent $304 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 17% ($1,113,000,000 or $862.47 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 $1,030,000,000 Annual Total $4,146,000,000
Hospital $808,000,000 Annual Per Capita $368
Nursing Home $1,113,000,000  
Prescription Drugs $274,000,000  
Other $191,000,000  
Annual Total $3,416,000,000  
Annual Per Capita $304  

State Revenue from Tobacco Sales and Settlement

Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 $312,446,299
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 $271,260,000
Cigarette tax per pack was $0.24 in 2001
Cigarette sales were 99.9 packs per capita in 2000

Investment in Tobacco Control

Funding Source FY02
Amount
Funding
Cycle
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only)* $119,578,148 7/01–6/02
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue $0  
State Appropriation—Other $0  
Subtotal: State Appropriation $119,578,148  
Federal—CDC Office on Smoking
and Health
$1,525,232 6/01–5/02
Federal—SAMHSA $82,950 10/01–9/02
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation $0  
Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA $444,658 3/01–2/02
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources $2,052,840  
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control $121,630,988
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) $61,735,000
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) $173,676,000
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control $10.67
*The amount reflected above is disbursed to an endowment fund where the funds will be used by the Foundation for tobacco use reduction programs. The Foundation may, but is not required to, treat these funds as an endowment. An additional $636,000 will be expended by the Department of Public Safety to enforce underage-use laws in establishments with liquor stores. Also, an additional $579,323 will go to the Department of Health to provide emergency medications and oxygen to low-income seniors adversely affected by tobacco.

 

 


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