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Alaska
Updated: November 17, 2008

2009 State Ranking: 1
% of CDC Recommended Spending: 86.0%
FY2009 FY2008
TOTAL SPENDING ON
TOBACCO PREVENTION		$9.2 millionTOTAL SPENDING ON
TOBACCO PREVENTION		$8.8 million
State Spending$8.2 millionState Spending$7.5 million
Federal Spending*$952,000 Federal Spending$1.27 million

*For FY2009, federal spending refers to a nine-month grant provided to the states by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the period beginning July 2008. In April 2009, the CDC will transition to a new funding agreement with the states that will provide the usual 12-month grant.

Tobacco Generated Revenue (FY2009)
$103.0 million

CDC Recommended Spending on Tobacco Prevention
$10.7 million

Actual Spending on Tobacco Prevention (FY2009)
$9.2 million

Tobacco's Toll in Alaska
High school students who smoke 17.8%
Kids (under 18) who become new daily smokers each year 900
Kids now under 18 and alive in Alaska who will ultimately die prematurely from smoking 18,000
Adults in Alaska who smoke 21.5%
Adults who die each year from their own smoking 490
Annual health care costs in Alaska directly caused by smoking $169 million

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Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that Alaska spend $10.7 million a year to have an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program.  Alaska currently receives $9.2 million a year for tobacco prevention and cessation, which includes both state and federal funds.  This is 86.0% of the CDC's recommendation and ranks Alaska 1st among the states in the funding of tobacco prevention programs.  Alaska's spending on tobacco prevention amounts to 8.9% of the estimated $103 million in tobacco-generated revenue the state collects each year from settlement payments and tobacco taxes.

Recent Developments: Under laws passed in 2001 and 2004, Alaska annually sets aside 20 percent of its tobacco settlement money and a small portion of its cigarette tax revenue for tobacco prevention programs. These funds are held in the Tobacco Use Education and Cessation Fund and must be appropriated each year by the Legislature in order to be used for tobacco control purposes.  

In FY2009, state and federal spending on the state's tobacco prevention and cessation program will be $9.2 million, a slight increase from the $8.8 million spent in FY2008.

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