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Connecticut
Updated: November 17, 2008

2009 State Ranking: 29
% of CDC Recommended Spending: 18.9%
FY2009 FY2008
TOTAL SPENDING ON
TOBACCO PREVENTION		$8.3 millionTOTAL SPENDING ON
TOBACCO PREVENTION		$1.2 million
State Spending$7.4 millionState Spending$0
Federal Spending*$889,000 Federal Spending$1.19 million

*For FY2009, federal spending refers to a nine-month grant provided to the states by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the period beginning July 2008. In April 2009, the CDC will transition to a new funding agreement with the states that will provide the usual 12-month grant.

Tobacco Generated Revenue (FY2009)
$447.0 million

CDC Recommended Spending on Tobacco Prevention
$43.9 million

Actual Spending on Tobacco Prevention (FY2009)
$8.3 million

Tobacco's Toll in Connecticut
High school students who smoke 21.1%
Kids (under 18) who become new daily smokers each year 4,000
Kids now under 18 and alive in Connecticut who will ultimately die prematurely from smoking 76,000
Adults in Connecticut who smoke 15.9%
Adults who die each year from their own smoking 4,700
Annual health care costs in Connecticut directly caused by smoking $1.63 billion

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Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that Connecticut spend $43.9 million a year to have an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program.  Connecticut currently receives $8.3 million a year for tobacco prevention and cessation, which includes both state and federal funds.  This is 18.9% of the CDC's recommendation and ranks Connecticut 29th among the states in the funding of tobacco prevention programs.  Connecticut's spending on tobacco prevention amounts to 1.9% of the estimated $447 million in tobacco-generated revenue the state collects each year from settlement payments and tobacco taxes.

Recent Developments: Connecticut's tobacco settlement payments are folded into the general fund and allocated through the biennial budget process. In FY2008, the Legislature did not allocate any new funding for a state tobacco prevention and cessation program and was ranked 51st (out of 51) in last year's report on state spending for tobacco prevention.  Earlier this year, the Legislature changed the rules governing expenditure of funds from the state's Tobacco and Health Trust Fund.  The Trust Fund's Board is now able to spend up to 50 percent of the Fund's principal in addition to any interest that the Fund has accumulated.  The Board has recommended that the state spend $7.4 million of tobacco settlement revenues for tobacco prevention and cessation programs during FY2009.  On November 18th, the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Public Health will hold a hearing to review and approve the Board's spending recommendations. 

Combined with funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, total spending on tobacco prevention in FY2009 will be $8.3 million, $7 million more than was spent in FY2008.

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