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

Adults who die from
their own smoking:
1,300

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

Portion covered by the
state Medicaid program:
^$70.2 million

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

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

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

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

Kids who
become daily
smokers each year:
500

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

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

Annual tobacco industry
marketing expenditures
nationwide:
^$9.5 billion

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

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.

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