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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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Washington Highlights

Health Impacts

Smoking-Attributable Deaths, 1999 Smoking-Attributable Deaths, 1999, Disease-Specific
Overall 7,761 State Lung Cancer 90.1/100,000
Men 4,689 All States 90.2/100,000
Women 3,072 State CHD* 52.3/100,000
Death Rate 284.9/100,000 All States 59.7/100,000
All States 295.5/100,000 State COPD† 76.2/100,000
  All States 59.7/100,000
Youth Projected to Die from Smoking, 1999–2000
Overall 133,952
Projected Death Rate 8,848/100,000
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=Washington Overall 20.7%, 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 73.9%, National 69.0%, Home 68.8%, 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%
Washington n/a n/a n/a n/a
Boys n/a n/a n/a n/a
Girls n/a n/a n/a n/a
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.

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

Washington is investing 62% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 23% of the upper estimated recommended funding. Washington spent $269 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 16% ($508,000,000 or $359.58 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 $592,000,000 Annual Total $1,503,000,000
Hospital $324,000,000 Annual Per Capita $261
Nursing Home $366,000,000  
Prescription Drugs $126,000,000  
Other $120,000,000  
Annual Total $1,528,000,000  
Annual Per Capita $269  

State Revenue from Tobacco Sales and Settlement

Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 $127,351,202
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 $254,770,000
Cigarette tax per pack was $0.825 in 2001 and will increase to $1.425 effective July 2002
Cigarette sales were 52.8 packs per capita in 2000

Investment in Tobacco Control

Funding Source FY02
Amount		 Funding
Cycle
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only) $17,496,000 7/01–6/02
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue $0  
State Appropriation—Other $898,500 7/01–6/02
Subtotal: State Appropriation $18,394,500  
Federal—CDC Office on Smoking
and Health		 $1,524,995 6/01–5/02
Federal—SAMHSA $0  
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation $722,795 10/00–9/01
Non-Government SourceRWJF/AMA $0  
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources $2,247,790  
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control $20,642,290
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) $33,341,000
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) $89,381,000
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control $3.44

 

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