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STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

HAWAII
Legacy in Hawaii
• Legacy has awarded $609,812.00 in grants to projects in Hawaii.

• Governor Linda Lingle is a former member of the Legacy Board of Directors.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Hawaii spent $8.8 million on tobacco prevention, which is 58.1% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 52.2% of adult smokers tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Hawaii received $171 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3

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

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

17.9%
15.3%

Hawaii7 National 8

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There will be a tax of $2.60 per pack on cigarettes, effective July 1st, 2009.
Large cigars are taxed 50% of the wholesale price and little cigars/”cigarillos” have a $0.13
tax per cigar. All other tobacco products are taxed 70% of the wholesale price.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances


• Smoking is prohibited 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.

• 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, 2009
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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