U.S. State and Local Issues

Spending on Tobacco Prevention: Nebraska

Last updated December 05, 2012

  FY2013 FY2012
State Rank 27 26
State Spending on Tobacco Prevention $2.4 million $2.4 million
% of CDC Recommended Spending
($21.5 million)		 11.1% 11.0%

Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that Nebraska spend $21.5 million a year to have an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program.  Nebraska currently allocates $2.4 million a year for tobacco prevention and cessation.  This is 11.1% of the CDC’s recommendation and ranks Nebraska 27th among the states in the funding of tobacco prevention programs.  Nebraska’s spending on tobacco prevention amounts to 2.2% of the estimated $107 million in tobacco-generated revenue the state collects each year from settlement payments and tobacco taxes.

Background and Recent Developments: For FY2013, Nebraska has allocated $2.4 million for the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation program, the same amount allocated in FY2012, but a 17 percent cut from the amount allocated in FY2011.  Funding has remained relatively constant in recent years, though it continues to be lower than the $7.0 million in state funds allocated in FY2003 and substantially less than the CDC recommended amount. 

In addition, Nebraska is receiving $1.3 million in federal funds dedicated to tobacco prevention and control:

  • $1.2 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a 12-month grant for the period beginning April 2012 (from annual appropriations).

  • $123,400 from the Prevention and Public Health Fund in the new health care reform law for the period beginning August 1, 2012.