The Toll of Tobacco in Maryland | Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
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The Toll of Tobacco in Maryland
High school students who smoke3.2% (9,900)
High school students who use e-cigarettes14.3%
Male high school students who smoke cigars (female use much lower)4.5%
Kids (under 18) who try cigarettes for the first time each year8,100
Adults in Maryland who smoke9.1% (438,400)
Deaths in Maryland from Smoking
Adults who die each year from their own smoking7,500
Proportion of cancer deaths in Maryland attributable to smoking26.0%

Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined — and thousands more die from other tobacco-related causes — such as fires caused by smoking (more than 1,000 deaths/year nationwide) and smokeless tobacco use.

 

Smoking-Caused Monetary Costs in Maryland
Annual health care costs in Maryland directly caused by smoking$3.14 billion
Medicaid costs caused by smoking in Maryland$619.7 million
Residents' state & federal tax burden from smoking-caused government expenditures$839 per household
Smoking-caused productivity losses in Maryland$6.4 billion

Amounts do not include health costs caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, smoking-caused fires, or use of non-cigarette tobacco products. Productivity losses are from smoking-caused premature death and illness that prevent people from working. Tobacco use also imposes costs such as damage to property.

 

Tobacco Industry Influence in Maryland
Annual tobacco industry marketing expenditures nationwide$8.6 billion
Estimated portion spent for Maryland marketing each year$95.4 million

Published research studies have found that kids are twice as sensitive to tobacco advertising as adults and are more likely to be influenced to smoke by cigarette marketing than by peer pressure. One-third of underage experimentation with smoking is attributable to tobacco company advertising.

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More detailed fact sheets on tobacco's toll in each state are available by emailing factsheets@tobaccofreekids.org

Last updated Aug. 16, 2024