STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

OREGON
Legacy in Oregon
• Legacy has awarded $1,965,646.76 in grants to projects in Oregon.

Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Oregon spent $7.7 million on tobacco prevention, which is 17.9% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 46.8 % of adult smokers in Oregon tried to quit smoking in 2008.2

• Oregon received $319 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes in FY10.3

• Oregon has not securitized any of its Master Settlement Agreement dollars.4

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

17.8% 17.9%

Oregon7 National 8

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $1.18 per pack on cigarettes.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

• Smoking is prohibited in all schools, public places, places of employment (including child
care centers, private places of employment and government buildings), restaurants and
bars.

Youth Access Laws

• The minimum age requirement for the purchase of tobacco products is 18, and penalties
exist for both minors and merchants who violate this law.

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

• Only sales clerk is allowed access to tobacco product prior to sale.

• The sale of bidis to minors is 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, 2007
6
Oregon Healthy Teens 2008 - 11th Grade State Summary Report, 2008
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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