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Montana Fact Sheet
Montana Fact Sheet
MONTANA
Legacy in Montana
• Legacy has awarded $1,346, 352.49 in grants to projects in Montana.
Tobacco Usage
• In FY2010 Montana spent $9.4 million on tobacco prevention, which is 67.3% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1
• The CDC estimates that 51.5% of adult smokers in Montana tried to quit smoking in 2008.2
• Montana received $120 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3
• Montana has not securitized any of its Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) dollars.4
17.9%
16.8%
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• Smoking restrictions are required in all restaurants and bars, unless they make 60% of
revenues from alcohol sales or gambling.
• Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to minors are prohibited.
SOURCES
1
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Eleven Years
Later. A Report on the States’ Allocation of the Tobacco Settlement Dollars, FY 2010, 2009
2
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008
3
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Eleven Years
Later. A Report on the States’ Allocation of the Tobacco Settlement Dollars, FY 2010, 2009
4
American Lung Association, SLATI State Reports, 2010
5
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
6
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
7
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
8
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
9
American Lung Association, SLATI State reports, 2010
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