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Deaths in South Dakota From Smoking

Kids currently under 18
and alive in SD who will ultimately
die prematurely from smoking:
21,000

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Deaths in South Dakota From Smoking

Adults who die from
their own smoking:
1,300

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Cost of Smoking in South Dakota

Annual health care
costs
in South Dakota
directly caused by smoking:
$373 million

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Cost of Smoking in South Dakota

Portion covered by the
state Medicaid program:
$70.2 million

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Cost of Smoking in South Dakota

Resident' state & federal tax
burden
from smoking-caused
government expenditures:
$782 per household

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Cost of Smoking in South Dakota

Smoking-caused
productivity losses
in South Dakota:
$282.5 million

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Use of Tobacco Products in South Dakota

High school students
who smoke:
10.1% (4,500)

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Use of Tobacco Products in South Dakota

Male high school students who
use smokeless or chew tobacco:
19%
(female use is much lower)

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Use of Tobacco Products in South Dakota

Kids who
become daily
smokers
each year:
500

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Use of Tobacco Products in South Dakota

Packs of cigarettes bought or
smoked by kids each year:
1.6 million

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Use of Tobacco Products in South Dakota

Adults in South Dakota
who smoke:
18.1% (118,000)

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Influence of the Tobacco Industry in South Dakota

Annual tobacco industry
marketing expenditures
nationwide:
$9.5 billion

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Influence of the Tobacco Industry in South Dakota

Estimated portion spent
for South Dakota
marketing
each year:
$27.5 million

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Influence of the Tobacco Industry in South Dakota

Research studies have found that
kids are twice as sensitive to tobacco
advertising than adults, and are more
likely
to be influenced by
cigarette marketing than by
peer pressure.

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Influence of the Tobacco Industry in South Dakota

One-third of underage
experimentation with
smoking is attributable to
tobacco company
advertising

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SD Stats

Scroll through to see the statistics of tobacco's impact on South Dakota.
  1. Tobacco Free Kids
  2. HHS.gov
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