STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

WISCONSIN
Legacy in Wisconsin
• Legacy has awarded $3,611,086.30 in grants to projects in Wisconsin.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY10 Wisconsin spent $8.1 million on tobacco prevention, which is 12.6% of the Annual
Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 51.6% of adult smokers in Wisconsin tried to quit smoking in
2008.2

• Wisconsin received $811 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY10.3

• Wisconsin has securitized all or part of its Master Settlement Agreement dollars.4

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

18.7% 17.9%

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: As of September 1, 2009 there is a tax of $2.52 per pack on cigarettes.

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 18, and penalties
exist for merchants who violate this law. The penalties for minors are unspecified.

• Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to minors are prohibited.

SOURCES
1
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, A Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Eleven Years Later,
History of Spending for State Tobacco Prevention Programs FY2010, 2009
2
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008
3
Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids, A Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Settlement Eleven Years Later, State
Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues, 2009
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

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