STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

ARIZONA
Legacy in Arizona
• Legacy has awarded $1,402,492.58 in grants to projects in Arizona.

• Former Governor Janet Napolitano is a former member of the Legacy Board of Directors.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Arizona spent $23.4 million on tobacco prevention, which is 34.3% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 46.1% of adult smokers in Arizona tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Arizona received $475 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3

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

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

18.3%
15.9%

Arizona7 National 8

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State Tobacco Laws

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $2.00 per pack on cigarettes. On smokeless tobacco products
(chewing tobacco, snuff, etc) there is a $0.2225 tax per ounce. All other products have varying
taxes based on weight.10

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

• Smoking is prohibited in all public places and workplaces, including all schools,
government buildings, health facilities, restaurants and bars.

Youth Access Laws

• The minimum age requirement for the purchase of tobacco products is 18, and both
minors and merchants who violate this law are guilty of a petty offense.

• The sale of bidis to minors is 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, 2009
10
American Lung Association, SLATI State Reports, 2010

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