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Louisiana
Updated: November 17, 2008

2009 State Ranking: 33
% of CDC Recommended Spending: 15.9%
FY2009 FY2008
TOTAL SPENDING ON
TOBACCO PREVENTION		$8.5 millionTOTAL SPENDING ON
TOBACCO PREVENTION		$9.6 million
State Spending$7.6 millionState Spending$7.7 million
Federal Spending*$908,000 Federal Spending$1.88 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)
$308.0 million

CDC Recommended Spending on Tobacco Prevention
$53.5 million

Actual Spending on Tobacco Prevention (FY2009)
$8.5 million

Tobacco's Toll in Louisiana
High school students who smoke 19%
Kids (under 18) who become new daily smokers each year 5,800
Kids now under 18 and alive in Louisiana who will ultimately die prematurely from smoking 109,000
Adults in Louisiana who smoke 20.4%
Adults who die each year from their own smoking 6,500
Annual health care costs in Louisiana directly caused by smoking $1.47 billion

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Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that Louisiana spend $53.5 million a year to have an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program.  Louisiana currently receives $8.5 million a year for tobacco prevention and cessation, which includes both state and federal funds.  This is 15.9% of the CDC's recommendation and ranks Louisiana 33rd among the states in the funding of tobacco prevention programs.  Louisiana's spending on tobacco prevention amounts to 2.8% of the estimated $308 million in tobacco-generated revenue the state collects each year from settlement payments and tobacco taxes.

Recent Developments: For FY2009, Louisiana will receive $8.5 million in federal and state funds for tobacco prevention programs. The Louisiana Legislature allocated the same amount of state funding for FY2009 as it did for FY2008.

In 2002, the Legislature passed and then-Governor Mike Foster (R) signed into law a 12-cent per pack increase in the state cigarette tax, to 36 cents a pack, and dedicated 2 cents per pack to a Cancer Consortium comprised of Tulane University and Louisiana State University for tobacco prevention and cessation programs.  Revenue generated from the tax will automatically flow to the Consortium every year, unless the law is changed by the Legislature.

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