Fact Sheets | Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Tobacco's Toll

Smoking and Kids

Tobacco Use Among Youth

Tobacco Harm to Kids

Where Do Youth Smokers Get Their Cigarettes

The Path to Smoking Addiction Starts at Very Young Age

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free

Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids

Trends in Tobacco Industry Marketing

Tobacco Company Marketing that Reaches Kids: Point of Sale Advertising and Promotions

State-Specific Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures 1998 to 2020

Allocations of U.S. Cigarette Company Marketing Expenditures Since 1998

Cigarette Company Youth Access Initiatives: Fake and Ineffective

Tobacco Companies Cannot Survive Unless Kids Smoke

Women's Health and Smoking

Background on Women and Girls and Tobacco

Mother's Day Data on Smoking Moms and Related Harm

Tobacco Industry Targeting of Women and Girls

Tobacco Use and Ethnicity

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids (Brief Version)

Impact of Menthol Cigarettes on Youth Smoking Initiation and Health Disparities

Tobacco Use Among African Americans

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans

Tobacco Use and Mental Health

Tobacco Use and the Military

Smoking and Socioeconomic Status

Tobacco Use and Hispanics

American Indian/Alaska Natives and Tobacco Use

Father's Day Data on Smoking Dads and Related Harms

Electronic Cigarettes: An Overview of Key Issues

Electronic Cigarettes: An Overview of Key Issues (Brief Version)

Electronic Cigarettes and Youth

Electronic Cigarettes Should be Included in Smoke-free Laws

JUUL and Youth: Rising E-Cigarette Popularity

The Flavor Trap: How Tobacco Companies are Luring Kids with Candy-Flavored E-Cigarettes and Cigars

Summary of the 2018 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Report, The Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes

States and Localities that Have Restricted The Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

Marketing Menthol: The History of Tobacco Industry Targeting of African Americans

Where Do Youth Get Their E-Cigarettes?

JUUL and Other High Nicotine E-Cigarettes Are Addicting A New Generation of Youth

E-Cigarettes Are Reversing Progress in Reducing Youth Tobacco Use

Flavored E-Cigarettes Hook Kids

Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions: Promising Evidence for Reducing Youth Access and Tobacco Use

Flavored Disposable E-Cigarettes Appeal to Kids and Remain Widely Available

Youth Access and Exposure to E-Cigarettes at the Point of Sale

Map: Average Black Adult Smoking Prevalence by State, 2017-2019

Tobacco Use in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Communities

Impact of San Francisco Law Prohibiting the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

U.S. Public Health Authorities Find That There Is Not Enough Evidence to Recommend E-Cigarettes for Tobacco Cessation

Understanding the Health Risks of E-Cigarettes

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Perspective on AJPH article: “Balancing Considerations of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes”

The Rise of Products Using Synthetic Nicotine

Toll of Tobacco in the U.S.A.

Toll of Tobacco in the U.S.A.

Benefits and Savings from Each One Percentage Point Decline in Adult and Youth Smoking Rates in the United States

The Daily Toll of Tobacco Use in the U.S.A.

Health Costs of Smokers vs. Former Smokers vs. Non-Smokers and Related Savings from Quitting

Toll of Tobacco in U.S. States

Key State-Specific Tobacco-Related Data & Rankings

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Smoking

Health Harms from Smoking and Other Tobacco Use

Harm Caused by Pregnant Women Smoking or Being Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

Smoking's Immediate Effects on the Body

Health Harms from Smokeless Tobacco Use

The Rise of Cigars and Cigar-Smoking Harms

Hookah Is Not Harmless

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Secondhand Smoke

Health Harms of Secondhand Smoke

What Is In Secondhand Smoke?

Secondhand Smoke, Kids and Cars

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Smokeless Tobacco

Smokeless Tobacco and Kids

Health Harms from Smokeless Tobacco Use

Smokeless Tobacco in the United States

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Heated Tobacco Products

Heated Tobacco Products: Philip Morris International's IQOS

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: COVID-19

Smoking, Vaping & COVID-19: What are health organizations and experts saying?

Toll of Tobacco in the U.S.A.

Toll of Tobacco in the U.S.A.

Benefits and Savings from Each One Percentage Point Decline in Adult and Youth Smoking Rates in the United States

The Daily Toll of Tobacco Use in the U.S.A.

Health Costs of Smokers vs. Former Smokers vs. Non-Smokers and Related Savings from Quitting

Toll of Tobacco in U.S. States

Key State-Specific Tobacco-Related Data & Rankings

Toll of Tobacco Around the World

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Smoking

Health Harms from Smoking and Other Tobacco Use

Harm Caused by Pregnant Women Smoking or Being Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

Smoking's Immediate Effects on the Body

Health Harms from Smokeless Tobacco Use

The Rise of Cigars and Cigar-Smoking Harms

Hookah Is Not Harmless

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Secondhand Smoke

Health Harms of Secondhand Smoke

What Is In Secondhand Smoke?

Secondhand Smoke, Kids and Cars

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Smokeless Tobacco

Smokeless Tobacco and Kids

Health Harms from Smokeless Tobacco Use

Smokeless Tobacco in the United States

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: Heated Tobacco Products

Heated Tobacco Products: Philip Morris International's IQOS

Tobacco Products and Health Harms: COVID-19

Smoking, Vaping & COVID-19: What are health organizations and experts saying?

Tobacco & Kids

Tobacco and Kids: Use and Harms Among Kids

Smoking and Kids

Tobacco Use Among Youth

Smokeless Tobacco and Kids

Tobacco Harm to Kids

Where Do Youth Smokers Get Their Cigarettes

The Path to Smoking Addiction Starts at Very Young Age

How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free

Tobacco and Kids: Marketing

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids

Trends in Tobacco Industry Marketing

Tobacco Company Marketing that Reaches Kids: Point of Sale Advertising and Promotions

State-Specific Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures 1998 to 2020

Allocations of U.S. Cigarette Company Marketing Expenditures Since 1998

Cigarette Company Youth Access Initiatives: Fake and Ineffective

Tobacco Companies Cannot Survive Unless Kids Smoke

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids

Impact of Menthol Cigarettes on Youth Smoking Initiation and Health Disparities

Flavored E-Cigarettes Hook Kids

Flavored Disposable E-Cigarettes Appeal to Kids and Remain Widely Available

Youth Access and Exposure to E-Cigarettes at the Point of Sale

For Parents and Schools

Resources: Tobacco Prevention Materials

How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free

Tobacco and Kids: Use and Harms Among Kids

Smoking and Kids

Tobacco Use Among Youth

Smokeless Tobacco and Kids

Tobacco Harm to Kids

Where Do Youth Smokers Get Their Cigarettes

The Path to Smoking Addiction Starts at Very Young Age

How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free

Tobacco and Kids: Marketing

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids

Trends in Tobacco Industry Marketing

Tobacco Company Marketing that Reaches Kids: Point of Sale Advertising and Promotions

State-Specific Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures 1998 to 2020

Allocations of U.S. Cigarette Company Marketing Expenditures Since 1998

Cigarette Company Youth Access Initiatives: Fake and Ineffective

Tobacco Companies Cannot Survive Unless Kids Smoke

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids

Impact of Menthol Cigarettes on Youth Smoking Initiation and Health Disparities

Flavored E-Cigarettes Hook Kids

Flavored Disposable E-Cigarettes Appeal to Kids and Remain Widely Available

Youth Access and Exposure to E-Cigarettes at the Point of Sale

For Parents and Schools

Resources: Tobacco Prevention Materials

How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free

Health Equity and Special Populations

Toll of Tobacco on Specific Populations: Women and Girls

Women's Health and Smoking

Background on Women and Girls and Tobacco

Mother's Day Data on Smoking Moms and Related Harm

Tobacco Industry Targeting of Women and Girls

Toll of Tobacco on Specific Populations: African-Americans

Tobacco Use and Ethnicity

Tobacco Use Among African Americans

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans

Marketing Menthol: The History of Tobacco Industry Targeting of African Americans

Map: Average Black Adult Smoking Prevalence by State, 2017-2019

Toll of Tobacco on Specific Populations: Other Populations

Tobacco Use and Ethnicity

Tobacco Use Among African Americans

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans

Tobacco Use and Mental Health

Tobacco Use and the Military

Smoking and Socioeconomic Status

Tobacco Use and Hispanics

American Indian/Alaska Natives and Tobacco Use

Father's Day Data on Smoking Dads and Related Harms

Tobacco Use in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Communities

Toll of Tobacco on Specific Populations: Women and Girls

Women's Health and Smoking

Background on Women and Girls and Tobacco

Mother's Day Data on Smoking Moms and Related Harm

Tobacco Industry Targeting of Women and Girls

Toll of Tobacco on Specific Populations: African-Americans

Tobacco Use and Ethnicity

Tobacco Use Among African Americans

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans

Marketing Menthol: The History of Tobacco Industry Targeting of African Americans

Map: Average Black Adult Smoking Prevalence by State, 2017-2019

Toll of Tobacco on Specific Populations: Other Populations

Tobacco Use and Ethnicity

Tobacco Use Among African Americans

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans

Tobacco Use and Mental Health

Tobacco Use and the Military

Smoking and Socioeconomic Status

Tobacco Use and Hispanics

American Indian/Alaska Natives and Tobacco Use

Father's Day Data on Smoking Dads and Related Harms

Tobacco Use in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Communities

Menthol Cigarettes

E-Cigarettes

Electronic Cigarettes: An Overview of Key Issues

Electronic Cigarettes: An Overview of Key Issues (Brief Version)

Electronic Cigarettes and Youth

Electronic Cigarettes Should be Included in Smoke-free Laws

JUUL and Youth: Rising E-Cigarette Popularity

Summary of the 2018 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Report, The Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes

Where Do Youth Get Their E-Cigarettes?

JUUL and Other High Nicotine E-Cigarettes Are Addicting A New Generation of Youth

E-Cigarettes Are Reversing Progress in Reducing Youth Tobacco Use

Flavored E-Cigarettes Hook Kids

Flavored Disposable E-Cigarettes Appeal to Kids and Remain Widely Available

Youth Access and Exposure to E-Cigarettes at the Point of Sale

U.S. Public Health Authorities Find That There Is Not Enough Evidence to Recommend E-Cigarettes for Tobacco Cessation

Understanding the Health Risks of E-Cigarettes

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Perspective on AJPH article: “Balancing Considerations of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes”

The Rise of Products Using Synthetic Nicotine

Flavored Tobacco Products

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids (Brief Version)

Impact of Menthol Cigarettes on Youth Smoking Initiation and Health Disparities

The Flavor Trap: How Tobacco Companies are Luring Kids with Candy-Flavored E-Cigarettes and Cigars

States and Localities that Have Restricted The Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

Marketing Menthol: The History of Tobacco Industry Targeting of African Americans

Flavored E-Cigarettes Hook Kids

Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions: Promising Evidence for Reducing Youth Access and Tobacco Use

Flavored Disposable E-Cigarettes Appeal to Kids and Remain Widely Available

Impact of San Francisco Law Prohibiting the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

Menthol Cigarettes

Tobacco Taxes

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Health Harms of Secondhand Smoke

What Is In Secondhand Smoke?

Secondhand Smoke, Kids and Cars

Electronic Cigarettes Should be Included in Smoke-free Laws

Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Harm Business at Restaurants and Bars

Smoke-Free Laws Work

Only Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws are Effective

Voters Across the Country Express Strong Support for Smoke-Free Laws

Smokefree States and Cities in the United States

Smoke-Free Laws Encourage Smokers to Quit and Discourage Youth from Starting

Essential Elements of a Comprehensive State Program

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2023

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Tax Increases Are Not Enough — States Must Also Invest in Tobacco Prevention Programs

State Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Return on Investment from Investing in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Comprehensive State Tobacco-Control Programs Save Money

The Impact of Reductions in Tobacco Control Program Funding

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Public Education Campaigns

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Enforcing Laws Prohibiting Cigarette Sales to Kids Reduces Youth Smoking

Youth Purchase and Possession Laws are Not Proven to Reduce Tobacco Use

MSA Restrictions on Tobacco Company Lobbying

Summary of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)

Q and A's on Settlement

Unadjusted Base Payments to the States from the Tobacco Settlements

The 'Vilification Clause' Does Not Restrict State Tobacco Prevention Spending

Master Settlement Agreement Provisions Relating to Cigarette Company 'Anti-Youth-Smoking' Efforts

Actual Annual Payments Received by the States from the Tobacco Settlements, 1998-2022

Adjustments to the States' Tobacco Settlement Receipts

Increasing the Minimum Sale Age for Tobacco Products to 21 (long version)

States and Localities that Have Raised the Tobacco Sale Age to 21

Raising the Tobacco Sale Age to 21 and the Military

Raising the Minimum Legal Sale Age to 21: Excerpts from the 2015 Institute of Medicine Report

FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: A Common Sense Law to Protect Kids and Save Lives

Critical Elements of FDA Law

Reducing Nicotine in Cigarettes Will Reduce Addiction and Save Lives

The FDA Tobacco Rule

Tobacco Warning Labels: Evidence of Effectiveness

Federal Restrictions on Tobacco Advertising (such as the FDA Rule) are Fully Consistent with the 1st Amendment

Impact of FDA Law on State and Local Tobacco Control Efforts

Tobacco Cessation Works: An Overview of Best Practices and State Experiences

Benefits from Tobacco Use Cessation

Smoking and Pregnancy: The Benefits of Quitting

The PACT Act: Preventing Illegal Internet Sales of Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco & E-Cigarettes

State, Local and Tribal Government Benefits from the PACT Act

The PACT Act and Indian Tribes

Tobacco Product Marketing on the Internet

Immediate Smoker Savings from Quitting in Each State

Key Tobacco-Cessation Findings and Recommendations from the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Harm to Kids from Secondhand Smoke

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health

The Public Health Impact of CDC’s “Tips from Former Smokers” Campaign

State Tobacco Prevention Spending vs. Tobacco Company Marketing

U.S. State and Local Tobacco Taxes

Raising Tobacco Taxes: A Win-Win-Win

Raising Cigarette Taxes Reduces Smoking, Especially Among Kids (and the Cigarette Companies Know It)

Raising State Cigarette Taxes Always Increases State Revenues and Always Reduces Smoking

Tobacco Tax Increases are a Reliable Source of Substantial New State Revenue

Responses to Misleading and Inaccurate Cigarette Company Arguments Against State Tobacco Tax Increases

Excerpts from the 2012 & 2014 Surgeon General's Reports Supporting Tobacco Tax Increases

The Many Ways States Can Raise Revenue While Also Reducing Tobacco Use and Its Many Harms and Costs

The Case for High-Tech Cigarette Tax Stamps

Significant Tobacco Tax Increases Reduce Tobacco Use, Particularly among Youth, Despite Tobacco Company Price Discounts and Promotional Efforts

State Cigarette Excise Tax Rates and Rankings

Map Showing State Cigarette Tax Rates

Top Combined State-Local Cigarette Tax Rates (State plus County plus City)

Local Government Cigarette Tax Rates

Cigarette Tax Increases By State Per Year, 2000-2021

State Cigarette Tax Rates and Rank, Date of Last Increase, Annual Pack Sales and Revenues, and Related Data

State Excise and Sales Taxes Per Pack of Cigarettes - Total Amounts and State Rankings

Trends in Average State Cigarette Tax Rates

State Tobacco Tax Increases Have a Minimal Impact on State Retailers and Jobs

Effect of State Tobacco-Tax Increases on MSA and Phase II Payments to the States

State Cigarette Tax Increases and State Tobacco Settlement Revenues

State Cigarette Tax Increases Since Jan. 1, 2002 (With Political Party of Sitting Governor and Legislature)

State Benefits from Increasing Smokeless Tobacco Tax Rates

Explanations and Sources for Projections of New Revenues and Benefits from State Tobacco Tax Increases

How to Make State Cigar Tax Rates Fair and Effective

The Problem with RYO and Other Smoking Tobacco

State Excise Tax Rates for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products

The New York Story: Revenues from a $1.42 Per Pack Cigarette Tax Increase

State Options to Prevent and Reduce Cigarette Smuggling and to Block Other Illegal State Tobacco Tax Evasion

Tobacco Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Smokers & Families

State Cigarette Tax Increases Per Year (& Recessions) Since 1980

Findings from an Indiana Statewide Survey

U.S. Federal Tobacco Taxes

Increasing Federal Taxes Reduces Tobacco Use (and the Tobacco Companies Know It)

Creating Tax Equity Among All Tobacco Products Would Sharply Increase Federal Revenues and Promote Public Health

Tobacco Tax Increases are a Reliable Source of Substantial New Federal Revenue

Tobacco Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Smokers & Families

In Their Own Words: What the Tobacco Companies Say About Tobacco Tax Increases and Price

Taxes on Other Tobacco Products

Excerpts from the 2012 & 2014 Surgeon General's Reports Supporting Tobacco Tax Increases

State Benefits from Increasing Smokeless Tobacco Tax Rates

How to Make State Cigar Tax Rates Fair and Effective

The Problem with RYO and Other Smoking Tobacco

State Excise Tax Rates for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products

Reducing Tobacco Smuggling and Tax Evasion

State Options to Prevent and Reduce Cigarette Smuggling and to Block Other Illegal State Tobacco Tax Evasion

U.S. State and Local Tobacco Taxes

Raising Tobacco Taxes: A Win-Win-Win

Raising Cigarette Taxes Reduces Smoking, Especially Among Kids (and the Cigarette Companies Know It)

Raising State Cigarette Taxes Always Increases State Revenues and Always Reduces Smoking

Tobacco Tax Increases are a Reliable Source of Substantial New State Revenue

Responses to Misleading and Inaccurate Cigarette Company Arguments Against State Tobacco Tax Increases

Excerpts from the 2012 & 2014 Surgeon General's Reports Supporting Tobacco Tax Increases

The Many Ways States Can Raise Revenue While Also Reducing Tobacco Use and Its Many Harms and Costs

The Case for High-Tech Cigarette Tax Stamps

Significant Tobacco Tax Increases Reduce Tobacco Use, Particularly among Youth, Despite Tobacco Company Price Discounts and Promotional Efforts

State Cigarette Excise Tax Rates and Rankings

Map Showing State Cigarette Tax Rates

Top Combined State-Local Cigarette Tax Rates (State plus County plus City)

Local Government Cigarette Tax Rates

Cigarette Tax Increases By State Per Year, 2000-2021

State Cigarette Tax Rates and Rank, Date of Last Increase, Annual Pack Sales and Revenues, and Related Data

State Excise and Sales Taxes Per Pack of Cigarettes - Total Amounts and State Rankings

Trends in Average State Cigarette Tax Rates

State Tobacco Tax Increases Have a Minimal Impact on State Retailers and Jobs

Effect of State Tobacco-Tax Increases on MSA and Phase II Payments to the States

State Cigarette Tax Increases and State Tobacco Settlement Revenues

State Cigarette Tax Increases Since Jan. 1, 2002 (With Political Party of Sitting Governor and Legislature)

State Benefits from Increasing Smokeless Tobacco Tax Rates

Explanations and Sources for Projections of New Revenues and Benefits from State Tobacco Tax Increases

How to Make State Cigar Tax Rates Fair and Effective

The Problem with RYO and Other Smoking Tobacco

State Excise Tax Rates for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products

The New York Story: Revenues from a $1.42 Per Pack Cigarette Tax Increase

State Options to Prevent and Reduce Cigarette Smuggling and to Block Other Illegal State Tobacco Tax Evasion

Tobacco Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Smokers & Families

State Cigarette Tax Increases Per Year (& Recessions) Since 1980

Findings from an Indiana Statewide Survey

U.S. Federal Tobacco Taxes

Increasing Federal Taxes Reduces Tobacco Use (and the Tobacco Companies Know It)

Creating Tax Equity Among All Tobacco Products Would Sharply Increase Federal Revenues and Promote Public Health

Tobacco Tax Increases are a Reliable Source of Substantial New Federal Revenue

Tobacco Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Smokers & Families

In Their Own Words: What the Tobacco Companies Say About Tobacco Tax Increases and Price

Taxes on Other Tobacco Products

Excerpts from the 2012 & 2014 Surgeon General's Reports Supporting Tobacco Tax Increases

State Benefits from Increasing Smokeless Tobacco Tax Rates

How to Make State Cigar Tax Rates Fair and Effective

The Problem with RYO and Other Smoking Tobacco

State Excise Tax Rates for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products

Reducing Tobacco Smuggling and Tax Evasion

State Options to Prevent and Reduce Cigarette Smuggling and to Block Other Illegal State Tobacco Tax Evasion

Smoke-Free Laws and Secondhand Smoke

Health Harms of Secondhand Smoke

What Is In Secondhand Smoke?

Secondhand Smoke, Kids and Cars

Electronic Cigarettes Should be Included in Smoke-free Laws

Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Harm Business at Restaurants and Bars

Smoke-Free Laws Work

Only Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws are Effective

Voters Across the Country Express Strong Support for Smoke-Free Laws

Smokefree States and Cities in the United States

Smoke-Free Laws Encourage Smokers to Quit and Discourage Youth from Starting

Harm to Kids from Secondhand Smoke

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

State Tobacco Prevention Programs

Key Elements and Funding Sources

Essential Elements of a Comprehensive State Program

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2023

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Tax Increases Are Not Enough — States Must Also Invest in Tobacco Prevention Programs

State Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

State Tobacco Prevention Programs

Save Lives and Money

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Return on Investment from Investing in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Comprehensive State Tobacco-Control Programs Save Money

The Impact of Reductions in Tobacco Control Program Funding

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Public Education Campaigns

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Enforcing Laws Prohibiting Cigarette Sales to Kids Reduces Youth Smoking

Youth Purchase and Possession Laws are Not Proven to Reduce Tobacco Use

CDC Tobacco Control Programs

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health

The Public Health Impact of CDC’s “Tips from Former Smokers” Campaign

State Tobacco Settlements

Understanding the Tobacco Settlement Agreements

MSA Restrictions on Tobacco Company Lobbying

Summary of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)

Q and A's on Settlement

The 'Vilification Clause' Does Not Restrict State Tobacco Prevention Spending

Master Settlement Agreement Provisions Relating to Cigarette Company 'Anti-Youth-Smoking' Efforts

State Tobacco Settlements

Tobacco Settlement Payments to the States

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2023

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Unadjusted Base Payments to the States from the Tobacco Settlements

Actual Annual Payments Received by the States from the Tobacco Settlements, 1998-2022

Adjustments to the States' Tobacco Settlement Receipts

State Tobacco Prevention Spending vs. Tobacco Company Marketing

Cessation: Helping Smokers and Other Tobacco Users Quit

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Tobacco Cessation Works: An Overview of Best Practices and State Experiences

Benefits from Tobacco Use Cessation

Smoking and Pregnancy: The Benefits of Quitting

Immediate Smoker Savings from Quitting in Each State

Key Tobacco-Cessation Findings and Recommendations from the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

State Tobacco Prevention Programs

Key Elements and Funding Sources

Essential Elements of a Comprehensive State Program

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2023

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Tax Increases Are Not Enough — States Must Also Invest in Tobacco Prevention Programs

State Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Save Lives and Money

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Return on Investment from Investing in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Comprehensive State Tobacco-Control Programs Save Money

The Impact of Reductions in Tobacco Control Program Funding

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Public Education Campaigns

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Enforcing Laws Prohibiting Cigarette Sales to Kids Reduces Youth Smoking

Youth Purchase and Possession Laws are Not Proven to Reduce Tobacco Use

Key Elements and Funding Sources

Essential Elements of a Comprehensive State Program

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2023

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Tax Increases Are Not Enough — States Must Also Invest in Tobacco Prevention Programs

State Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Save Lives and Money

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Return on Investment from Investing in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Comprehensive State Tobacco-Control Programs Save Money

The Impact of Reductions in Tobacco Control Program Funding

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Public Education Campaigns

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Enforcing Laws Prohibiting Cigarette Sales to Kids Reduces Youth Smoking

Youth Purchase and Possession Laws are Not Proven to Reduce Tobacco Use

CDC Tobacco Control Programs

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health

The Public Health Impact of CDC’s “Tips from Former Smokers” Campaign

State Tobacco Settlements

Understanding the Tobacco Settlement Agreements

MSA Restrictions on Tobacco Company Lobbying

Summary of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)

Q and A's on Settlement

The 'Vilification Clause' Does Not Restrict State Tobacco Prevention Spending

Master Settlement Agreement Provisions Relating to Cigarette Company 'Anti-Youth-Smoking' Efforts

Tobacco Settlement Payments to the States

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2023

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Unadjusted Base Payments to the States from the Tobacco Settlements

Actual Annual Payments Received by the States from the Tobacco Settlements, 1998-2022

Adjustments to the States' Tobacco Settlement Receipts

State Tobacco Prevention Spending vs. Tobacco Company Marketing

Understanding the Tobacco Settlement Agreements

MSA Restrictions on Tobacco Company Lobbying

Summary of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)

Q and A's on Settlement

The 'Vilification Clause' Does Not Restrict State Tobacco Prevention Spending

Master Settlement Agreement Provisions Relating to Cigarette Company 'Anti-Youth-Smoking' Efforts

Tobacco Settlement Payments to the States

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2023

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Unadjusted Base Payments to the States from the Tobacco Settlements

Actual Annual Payments Received by the States from the Tobacco Settlements, 1998-2022

Adjustments to the States' Tobacco Settlement Receipts

State Tobacco Prevention Spending vs. Tobacco Company Marketing

Cessation: Helping Smokers and Other Tobacco Users Quit

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Tobacco Cessation Works: An Overview of Best Practices and State Experiences

Benefits from Tobacco Use Cessation

Smoking and Pregnancy: The Benefits of Quitting

Immediate Smoker Savings from Quitting in Each State

Key Tobacco-Cessation Findings and Recommendations from the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Other Tobacco-Related Policy Issues

Increasing the Sale Age for Tobacco Products to 21

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Increasing the Minimum Sale Age for Tobacco Products to 21 (long version)

States and Localities that Have Raised the Tobacco Sale Age to 21

Raising the Tobacco Sale Age to 21 and the Military

Raising the Minimum Legal Sale Age to 21: Excerpts from the 2015 Institute of Medicine Report

Internet Sales of Tobacco Products

The PACT Act: Preventing Illegal Internet Sales of Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco & E-Cigarettes

State, Local and Tribal Government Benefits from the PACT Act

The PACT Act and Indian Tribes

Tobacco Product Marketing on the Internet

Tobacco Farming Issues

Tobacco-Growing States in the USA

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in the United States' Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in North Carolina's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Virginia's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Kentucky's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming & Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Georgia's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming & Tobacco Product Manufacturing in South Carolina's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Tennessee's Economy

Increasing the Sale Age for Tobacco Products to 21

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Increasing the Minimum Sale Age for Tobacco Products to 21 (long version)

States and Localities that Have Raised the Tobacco Sale Age to 21

Raising the Tobacco Sale Age to 21 and the Military

Raising the Minimum Legal Sale Age to 21: Excerpts from the 2015 Institute of Medicine Report

Internet Sales of Tobacco Products

The PACT Act: Preventing Illegal Internet Sales of Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco & E-Cigarettes

State, Local and Tribal Government Benefits from the PACT Act

The PACT Act and Indian Tribes

Tobacco Product Marketing on the Internet

Tobacco Farming Issues

Tobacco-Growing States in the USA

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in the United States' Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in North Carolina's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Virginia's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Kentucky's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming & Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Georgia's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming & Tobacco Product Manufacturing in South Carolina's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Tennessee's Economy

FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products and Marketing

FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: A Common Sense Law to Protect Kids and Save Lives

Critical Elements of FDA Law

Reducing Nicotine in Cigarettes Will Reduce Addiction and Save Lives

The FDA Tobacco Rule

Tobacco Warning Labels: Evidence of Effectiveness

Federal Restrictions on Tobacco Advertising (such as the FDA Rule) are Fully Consistent with the 1st Amendment

Impact of FDA Law on State and Local Tobacco Control Efforts

Tobacco Industry Activities

Tobacco Marketing to Kids

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids

Trends in Tobacco Industry Marketing

Tobacco Company Marketing that Reaches Kids: Point of Sale Advertising and Promotions

State-Specific Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures 1998 to 2020

Allocations of U.S. Cigarette Company Marketing Expenditures Since 1998

Cigarette Company Youth Access Initiatives: Fake and Ineffective

Tobacco Companies Cannot Survive Unless Kids Smoke

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids

Impact of Menthol Cigarettes on Youth Smoking Initiation and Health Disparities

Tobacco Marketing to Women and Girls

Women's Health and Smoking

Background on Women and Girls and Tobacco

Mother's Day Data on Smoking Moms and Related Harm

Tobacco Industry Targeting of Women and Girls

Tobacco Marketing to African Americans

Tobacco Use and Ethnicity

Tobacco Use Among African Americans

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans

Tobacco Industry's Youth Prevention Programs Don't Work

Resources: Tobacco Prevention Materials

Big Surprise: Tobacco Company Prevention Campaigns Don't Work; Maybe It's Because They Are Not Supposed To

Major Tobacco Companies Guilty of Racketeering

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler's Final Opinion: Summary of Findings Against the Tobacco Industry

Other Tobacco Industry Bad Acts

Hidden Agenda: Tobacco Industry Interference with State Policy

Big Surprise: Tobacco Company Prevention Campaigns Don't Work; Maybe It's Because They Are Not Supposed To

Accessing Tobacco Company Internal Documents On-Line

Philip Morris: A Long History of Double Talk

Is Reynolds American Tobacco Company A Good Corporate Citizen? Recent History Says No.

The Tobacco Industry's 1954 'A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers'

Tobacco Marketing to Kids

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Tobacco Company Quotes on Marketing to Kids

Trends in Tobacco Industry Marketing

Tobacco Company Marketing that Reaches Kids: Point of Sale Advertising and Promotions

State-Specific Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures 1998 to 2020

Allocations of U.S. Cigarette Company Marketing Expenditures Since 1998

Cigarette Company Youth Access Initiatives: Fake and Ineffective

Tobacco Companies Cannot Survive Unless Kids Smoke

Flavored Tobacco Products Attract Kids

Impact of Menthol Cigarettes on Youth Smoking Initiation and Health Disparities

Tobacco Marketing to Women and Girls

Women's Health and Smoking

Background on Women and Girls and Tobacco

Mother's Day Data on Smoking Moms and Related Harm

Tobacco Industry Targeting of Women and Girls

Tobacco Marketing to African Americans

Tobacco Use and Ethnicity

Tobacco Use Among African Americans

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans

Tobacco Industry's Youth Prevention Programs Don't Work

Resources: Tobacco Prevention Materials

Big Surprise: Tobacco Company Prevention Campaigns Don't Work; Maybe It's Because They Are Not Supposed To

Major Tobacco Companies Guilty of Racketeering

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler's Final Opinion: Summary of Findings Against the Tobacco Industry

Other Tobacco Industry Bad Acts

Hidden Agenda: Tobacco Industry Interference with State Policy

Big Surprise: Tobacco Company Prevention Campaigns Don't Work; Maybe It's Because They Are Not Supposed To

Accessing Tobacco Company Internal Documents On-Line

Philip Morris: A Long History of Double Talk

Is Reynolds American Tobacco Company A Good Corporate Citizen? Recent History Says No.

The Tobacco Industry's 1954 'A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers'

Miscellaneous

Resources: Tobacco Prevention Materials

How Schools Can Help Students Stay Tobacco-Free

Tobacco-Growing States in the USA

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in the United States' Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in North Carolina's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Virginia's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Kentucky's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming & Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Georgia's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming & Tobacco Product Manufacturing in South Carolina's Economy

The Shrinking Role of Tobacco Farming and Tobacco Product Manufacturing in Tennessee's Economy