STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

ALASKA
Legacy in Alaska
• Legacy has awarded $907, 376.92 in grants to projects in Alaska.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Alaska spent $8.6 million on tobacco prevention, which is 80.0% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 56.6% of adult smokers in Alaska tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Alaska received $105 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY2010.3

• Alaska has securitized all or parts of its Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) dollars.4

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

20.6%
17.9%

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State Tobacco Laws

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $2.00 per pack on cigarettes. For all other tobacco products the
tax on the product is 75% of the wholesale price.10

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

• Smoking is prohibited in all child care centers and schools.

• Smoking restrictions are required in all government buildings, health facilities,

restaurants and private workplaces.

Youth Access Laws

• The minimum age requirement for the purchase of tobacco products is 19, and penalties
exist for 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
7
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
8
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
5
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
6
CDC, Cigarette Smoking Among Adults – United States 2009
9
American Lung Association, SLATI State reports, 2009
10
American Lung Association, SLATI State Reports, 2010

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