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Alabama Fact Sheet

This document provides statistics on tobacco use and prevention efforts in Alabama. It states that in 2010, Alabama spent 3.7% of the recommended amount on tobacco prevention from the CDC, and received $247 million from tobacco taxes and settlements. The adult cigarette smoking rate in Alabama was 22.5% in 2009 compared to the national rate of 17.9%. Alabama laws restrict smoking in various public places and set the minimum tobacco purchase age at 18.

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Alabama Fact Sheet

This document provides statistics on tobacco use and prevention efforts in Alabama. It states that in 2010, Alabama spent 3.7% of the recommended amount on tobacco prevention from the CDC, and received $247 million from tobacco taxes and settlements. The adult cigarette smoking rate in Alabama was 22.5% in 2009 compared to the national rate of 17.9%. Alabama laws restrict smoking in various public places and set the minimum tobacco purchase age at 18.

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STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

ALABAMA
Legacy in Alabama
• Legacy has awarded $501, 412.00 in grants to projects in Alabama.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Alabama spent approximately $2.1 million on tobacco prevention, which is 3.7%
of the CDC Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates 52% of adult smokers in Alabama tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Alabama received $247 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3

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

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

22.5%
17.9%

Alabama7 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 $0.425 per pack on cigarettes. Chewing tobacco is taxed at $0.015
per ounce. All other tobacco products have varying taxes based on weight.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances


• Smoking restrictions are required in all child care centers, government buildings, health
facilities, schools and 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.

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, 2009

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