STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

IOWA
Legacy in Iowa
• Legacy has awarded $631,989.80 in grants to projects in Iowa.

• Susan Curry, Dean of the University Of Iowa College Of Public Health, is a current
Vice Chair of Legacy’s Board of Directors.

• Tom Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, is a current member of Legacy’s Board of Directors.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Iowa spent $11.1 million on tobacco prevention, which is 30.3% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 49.0% of adult smokers in Iowa tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Iowa received $296 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3

• Iowa has securitized all or parts of its MSA dollars.4

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

17.1% 17.9%

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $1.36 per pack on cigarettes. Little cigars are taxed $1.36 per
20 cigars. Snuff is taxed $1.19 per ounce. All other tobacco products have a tax of 50% of the
wholesale taxes.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

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

• Only sales clerks are allowed access to tobacco products prior to sale.

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, 2007
6
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2007
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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