STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

TEXAS
Legacy in Texas
• Legacy has awarded $862,500.00 in grants to projects in Texas.

• State Senator Leticia Van de Putte currently serves on Legacy’s Board of Directors.

• M. Cass Wheeler, CEO Emeritus of American Heart Association, currently serves on

Legacy’s Board of Directors.

• Distinguished Chair of the University Of Texas Cancer Research Center, Ellen R. Gritz is a
former Vice Chair of the Legacy’s Board of Directors.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY10 Texas spent $13.3 million on tobacco prevention, which is 5.0% of the CDC Annual
Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 55.5% of adult smokers in Texas tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Texas received an estimated $1.86 billion in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in
FY10.3

• Texas is not part of the Master Settlement Agreement.4

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

17.9% 17.9%

Texas7 National 8

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $1.41 per pack on cigarettes.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

• Smoking is prohibited in all child care centers.

• Smoking restrictions are required in all health facilities and schools.

Youth Access Laws

• The minimum age requirement for the purchase of tobacco products is 18, and penalties
exist for minors who violate this law. Merchants who violate this law are found guilty of a
misdemeanor. The penalty is unspecified.

• 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 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
National Association of Attorneys General, Tobacco Project, 2007
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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