U.S. State and Local Issues

Spending on Tobacco Prevention: New Hampshire

Last updated November 29, 2011

  FY2012 FY2011
State Rank 50 51
State Spending on Tobacco Prevention $0 $0
% of CDC Recommended Spending
($19.2 million)		 0% 0.0%

Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that New Hampshire spend $19.2 million a year to have an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program.  New Hampshire currently allocates $0.0 a year for tobacco prevention and cessation.  This is 0.0% of the CDC’s recommendation and ranks New Hampshire 50th among the states in the funding of tobacco prevention programs.  New Hampshire’s spending on tobacco prevention amounts to 0.0% of the estimated $264 million in tobacco-generated revenue the state collects each year from settlement payments and tobacco taxes.

Recent Developments: New Hampshire continues to invest no state funds in tobacco prevention and cessation.  In FY2011, instead of allocating funds for tobacco prevention programs, the legislature allocated one dollar to the state’s cancer plan for the next two years. 

New Hampshire is receiving $1.3 million in federal funds dedicated to tobacco prevention and control:

  • $1.0 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).

  • $80,488 from the Prevention and Public Health Fund in the new health care reform law. 

  • $197,094 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.