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<br /> <br /> Tobacco State Settlement: Hawari 3/7/08 1:11 PM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hawaii <br /> Updated: December 12, 2007 <br /> <br /> FY2008 FY2007 <br /> Spending on Tobacco Prevention $10.4 million $9.1 million <br /> % of CDC Recommended Minimum 96.3% 84.0% <br /> Rank Among States (1-51) 4 7 <br /> <br /> <br /> Tobacco Generated Revenue (FY2008) <br /> $151.9 million <br /> <br /> CDC Recommended Minimum Spending on Tobacco Prevention <br /> 1$10.8 million <br /> <br /> Actual Spending on Tobacco Prevention (FY2008) <br /> $10.4 million <br /> <br /> Summary: The U.S. Centers for <br /> Disease Control and Prevention Tobacco's Toll in Hawaii <br /> (CDC) recommends that Hawaii High school students who smoke 16.4% <br /> spend between $10.8 million and <br /> $23.4 million a year to have an Kids (under 18) who become 1,900 <br /> effective, comprehensive tobacco new dally smokers each year <br /> prevention and control program. Kids now under 18 and alive in <br /> Hawaii currently spends $10.4 Hawari who will ultimately die 27,400 <br /> million a year from tobacco prematurely from smoking <br /> settlement revenue for tobacco <br /> prevention and control. This is Adults in Hawari who smoke 17.5% <br /> 96.3% of the CDC's minimum Adults who die each year from <br /> recommendation and ranks Hawaii their own smoking l,zoo <br /> 4th among the states in the <br /> funding of tobacco prevention and Annual health care costs in <br /> Hawari directly caused by $336 million <br /> control programs. Hawaii's smoking <br /> spending on tobacco prevention <br /> and control amounts to 6.8% of view more data <br /> the $151.9 million in tobacco- <br /> generated revenue the state collects each year in tobacco settlement payments <br /> and tobacco taxes. <br /> Current Status: Hawaii's tobacco prevention programs are funded through the <br /> Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund, which was created with tobacco <br /> settlement dollars, and through funds allocated to the Department of Health and <br /> other state agencies for tobacco prevention programs. Total anticipated allocation <br /> for FY2008 tobacco prevention and control is $10.7 million. <br /> As it considers future funding for tobacco prevention, Hawaii will have more <br /> tobacco-generated revenue than ever before as a result of a cigarette tax increase <br /> that took effect September 30, 2007, increasing the state cigarette tax by 20 cents <br /> to $1.80 per pack. The tax will increase again in 2008 by 20 cents, bringing the <br /> total tax to $2.00 per pack. <br /> http://w .tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlementsiprint.php?StateID-HI Page 1 of 2 <br />