STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

DELAWARE
Legacy in Delaware
• Legacy has awarded $73,000 to projects in Delaware.

• Former Governor and current U.S. Senator Thomas Carper is a former Vice Chair of the
Legacy Board of Directors.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Delaware spent $10.8 million on tobacco prevention, which is 77.5% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 50.2% of adult smokers in Delaware tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Delaware received $169 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3

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

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

18.2% 17.9%

Delaware7 National 8

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $1.60 per pack on cigarettes, as of July 31, 2009. Moist snuff is
taxed $0.54 per ounce. All other tobacco products are taxed 15% of the wholesale price.10

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.

• 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, 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, 2009
10
American Lung Association, SLATI State reports, 2009

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