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    Legacy has awarded over $284,000 in grants to Idaho and the Attorney General serves on the Legacy Board of Directors. Idaho spent $2.3 million on tobacco prevention in 2010, which was under the recommended amount. Over half of adult smokers in Idaho tried to quit in 2008 and the state received $77 million from tobacco taxes and the settlement that year without securitizing any funds. Youth cigarette use was lower in Idaho at 17.9% compared to the national average of 17.9% while adult use was slightly lower at 16.3% nationally. Idaho has laws prohibiting indoor smoking in many public places, taxing tobacco 40% of wholesale, restricting youth sales and access.

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    Legacy has awarded over $284,000 in grants to Idaho and the Attorney General serves on the Legacy Board of Directors. Idaho spent $2.3 million on tobacco prevention in 2010, which was under the recommended amount. Over half of adult smokers in Idaho tried to quit in 2008 and the state received $77 million from tobacco taxes and the settlement that year without securitizing any funds. Youth cigarette use was lower in Idaho at 17.9% compared to the national average of 17.9% while adult use was slightly lower at 16.3% nationally. Idaho has laws prohibiting indoor smoking in many public places, taxing tobacco 40% of wholesale, restricting youth sales and access.

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    Legacy has awarded over $284,000 in grants to Idaho and the Attorney General serves on the Legacy Board of Directors. Idaho spent $2.3 million on tobacco prevention in 2010, which was under the recommended amount. Over half of adult smokers in Idaho tried to quit in 2008 and the state received $77 million from tobacco taxes and the settlement that year without securitizing any funds. Youth cigarette use was lower in Idaho at 17.9% compared to the national average of 17.9% while adult use was slightly lower at 16.3% nationally. Idaho has laws prohibiting indoor smoking in many public places, taxing tobacco 40% of wholesale, restricting youth sales and access.

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    STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

    IDAHO
    Legacy in Idaho
    • Legacy has awarded $284,581.00 in grants to projects in Idaho.

    • Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden currently serves as Treasurer of the Legacy Board
    of Directors.

    Tobacco Usage

    • In FY2010 Idaho spent $2.3 million on tobacco prevention, which is 13.8% of the CDC
    Annual Spending Target.1

    • The CDC estimates that 52.9% of adult smokers in Idaho tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

    • Idaho received $77 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3

    • Idaho has not securitized any of its Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) dollars.4

    ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

    17.9%
    16.3%

    Idaho7 National 8

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    1724 Massachusetts Avenue, NW • Washington, DC 20036 • t 202-454-5555 • f 202-454-5599 • www.LegacyForHealth.org


    State Tobacco Laws9

    Excise Tax: There is a tax of $0.57 per pack on cigarettes. All other tobacco products are
    taxed by 40% of the wholesale price.

    Clean Indoor Air Ordinances


    • Smoking is prohibited in all child care centers, government buildings, health facilities,
    restaurants and schools.

    • Smoking restrictions are required in all private workplaces.

    Youth Access Laws


    • The minimum age requirement for the purchase of tobacco products is 18, and penalties
    exist for both minors and merchants who violate this law.

    • Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to minors are prohibited.

    • Only sales clerks are allowed access to tobacco products prior to sale.

    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 Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Settlement Ten Years Later, State
    Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues, 2008
    4
    American Lung Association, SLATI State Reports, 2009
    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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