U.S. State and Local Issues

Spending on Tobacco Prevention: Nebraska

Last updated November 29, 2011

  FY2012 FY2011
State Rank 26 26
State Spending on Tobacco Prevention $2.4 million $2.9 million
% of CDC Recommended Spending
($21.5 million)		 11.0% 13.3%

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 11.0% of the CDC’s recommendation and ranks Nebraska 26th 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.

Recent Developments: For FY2012, Nebraska has allocated $2.4 million for the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation program, a 17 percent cut from the amount allocated in FY2011.  Funding for this promising program remains substantially below the $7.0 million in state funds allocated in FY2003.

In addition, Nebraska is receiving $1.2 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).