John,

Want to know how your state stacks up in the fight against tobacco?

Check out our just-released report: Broken Promises to our Children: A State-By-State Look at the 1998 Tobacco Settlement 26 Years Later >>

Inside, you'll find:

• How much money your state collects from the tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes,
  
  
• How much your state is spending to stop tobacco use and how it compares to other states, and
  
  
• What must be done to make the next generation tobacco-free.

You'll also learn how your state fits into the bigger picture. For example:

• Big Tobacco spends $11 to market its deadly products for every $1 the states spend to fight tobacco use.
  
  
• Of the $22.1 billion that states are collecting this year from the tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, they are spending only 3.5% of it on programs that prevent kids from using tobacco and help smokers quit.
  
  
• Only one state funds tobacco prevention and cessation programs at or above the CDC-recommended levels. (Look inside to find out which one!)

Look inside >>

The continuing need for well-funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs is clear. While the U.S. has made enormous progress in reducing cigarette smoking and other tobacco use, tobacco use still kills over 480,000 people and is responsible for over $241 billion in health care expenditures in the U.S. each year. 

This report is a challenge to states to do more to fight tobacco use – the nation’s leading preventable cause of death – and prevent e-cigarettes from addicting a new generation of kids. Please share it widely.

Best,

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