STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

KENTUCKY
Legacy in Kentucky
• Legacy has awarded $968,185.00 in grants to projects in Kentucky.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Kentucky spent $3.9 million on tobacco prevention, which is 6.9% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 49.5% of adult smokers in Kentucky tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Kentucky received $383 million in tobacco settlement revenue in FY2010.3

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

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

25.6%

17.9%

Kentucky7 National 8

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $0.60 per pack on cigarettes. Snuff has a tax of $0.19 per unit of
1.5 ounces. All other tobacco products are taxed 15% of the wholesale price.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

• Smoking is banned in executive branch government buildings.

• Smoking restrictions are required in all schools.

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.

• 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 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
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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