State Tobacco Control Investments by Best Practice Categories: 2008 - 2010

Audience:

Tobacco control advocates, policy makers, public health professionals, other academic and scientific professionals, as well as the general public, who are interested in state tobacco control policies and state investment in tobacco control program and activities. 

Key Points:

This paper examines state level variation and national trends in tobacco control expenditures for 50 states and District of Columbia, from 2008 to 2010, using state level tobacco control spending data collected by the Bridging the Gap/ImpacTeen project.  

Our preliminary data show a slight increase of about 6% in total national per capita expenditures on tobacco control from 2008 to 2009,  followed by a 10% decrease from 2009 to 2010. In the three-year period, the greatest portion of the state tobacco control spending has been channeled towards state and community interventions, with an average of $1.54 in per capita spending, or about 40% of all expenditures.  Cessation intervention spending averaged about $0.80 per person, accounting for approximate 22% of the total spending.  Health communication interventions averaged about $0.68 per person, or 18% of the total. Tobacco control program administration and management averaged $0.36 in per capita terms, whereas surveillance and evaluation averaged $0.26 per person.

Educational Experience:

The audiences will learn through oral presentation, along with PowerPoint slides with tables and graphs summarizing the key results and findings from this study.

Benefits:

The audience will gain understanding of the current status of state tobacco control spending on program areas defined by CDC Best Practice five categories.