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Texas
FY2021 | FY2020 | |
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State Ranking | 46 | 46 |
State Spending on Tobacco Prevention | $4.2 million | $4.7 million |
Percent of CDC Recommended Spending ($264.1 million) | 1.6% | 1.8% |
Texas's Tobacco Revenue, CDC Recommended Spending, State Spending and Tobacco Industry Marketing
Trend in Spending Texas Tobacco Prevention
Tobacco's Toll in Texas
(Oct. 20, 2020)
Adults who smoke | 14.7% (3,175,000) |
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High school students who smoke | 4.9% (81,400) |
High school students who use e-cigarettes | 18.7% |
Death caused by smoking each year | 28,000 |
Annual health care costs directly caused by smoking | $8.85 billion |
Proportion of cancer deaths attributable to smoking | 26.9% |
Residents' state and federal tax burden from smoking-caused government expenditures | $759 per household |
Estimated annual tobacco industry marketing in state | $622.2 million |