U.S. State and Local Issues

Spending on Tobacco Prevention: Michigan

Last updated November 29, 2011

  FY2012 FY2011
State Rank 41 42
State Spending on Tobacco Prevention $1.8 million $2.6 million
% of CDC Recommended Spending
($121.2 million)		 1.5% 2.1%

Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that Michigan spend $121.2 million a year to have an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program. Michigan currently allocates $1.8 million a year for tobacco prevention and cessation. This is 1.5% of the CDC’s recommendation and ranks Michigan 41st among the states in the funding of tobacco prevention programs. Michigan’s spending on tobacco prevention amounts to 0.1% of the estimated $1.2 billion in tobacco-generated revenue the state collects each year from settlement payments and tobacco taxes.

Recent Developments: Michigan’s budget for FY2012 allocates $1.8 million to the Tobacco Section of the Michigan Department of Community Health, a 30 percent decrease in funding from what was spent in FY2010 and FY2011. The state continues to dedicate no funding from the Master Settlement Agreement toward reducing tobacco-caused death and disease, and the little funding it does provide falls far short of the amount needed for a comprehensive CDC-recommended program. Michigan continues to be one of the only states that never dedicated any Master Settlement Agreement funds for tobacco prevention.

In addition, Michigan is receiving $2.8 million in federal funds dedicated to tobacco prevention and control:

  • $1.7 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a 12-month grant for the period beginning April 2011 (from annual appropriations).
  • $143,503 from the Prevention and Public Health Fund in the new health care reform law.
  • $997,623 from the Food and Drug Administration for enforcement of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, including the provision regarding tobacco sales to minors.