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Fast Facts

Indiana is ranked second in the nation for the number of adult smokers at 26 percent. (CDC, 2008 Indiana Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance Survey)
In Indiana 18.3 percent of high school students smoke. (CDC, 2008 Indiana Youth Tobacco Survey)
In Indiana 4.1 percent of middle school students smoke. (CDC, 2008 Indiana Youth Tobacco Survey)
9,700 Hoosiers die each year from their own smoking. (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, January 2009)
In Marion County secondhand smoke results in $47.5 million in healthcare costs every year. (“Estimating the Economic Impact of Secondhand Smoke in Marion County, Indiana ” Sutton, Zollinger, Saywell, 2009)
More than 71 percent of the United States’ population lives in a community that is covered by a smoke free air law. (Americans for Nonsmokers Rights, October 2009)
The United States Surgeon General states that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke, the only safe level is to be completely smoke free. (The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General, June 2006)
Indiana now funds tobacco prevention at $10.8 million, or 15 percent of the minimum amount of the $78.8 million recommended by the CDC. (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, July 2009)
Indiana’s current tobacco tax is at 99.5 cents per pack, making it 29th in the nation. (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, June 2009)
If the current cigarette tax was raised by one dollar, 52,900 adults would quit and 89,800 youth would never start. (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, January 2007)