INDIANA
Legacy in Indiana
• Legacy has awarded $279,709.00 in grants to projects in Indiana.
Tobacco Usage
• In FY2010 Indiana spent $11.8 million on tobacco prevention, which is 15.0% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1
• The CDC estimates that 53.4% of adult smokers in Indiana tried to quit smoking in 2008.2
• Indiana received $622 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3
• Indiana has not securitized any of its Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) dollars.4
23.1%
17.9%
Indiana7 National 8
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Excise Tax: There is a tax of $0.995 per pack on cigarettes. All other tobacco products are
taxed 24% of the wholesale price.
• Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to minors are prohibited.
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, 2010
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, 2010
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