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Delaware ranks third in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a coalition of public health organizations.
However, the annual report on states' funding of tobacco prevention programs finds that states as a whole are collecting record amounts of revenue from the tobacco industry, but are spending less of it on tobacco prevention.
Delaware currently spends $10.8 million a year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 77.5 percent of the $13.9 million recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the report said.
The report was released this by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It examines what states have done since the 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 11 years ago.
Last year, Delaware ranked second in the nation, spending $11.3 million on tobacco prevention.
Health advocates praised Diamond State leaders for fighting the nation's leading preventable cause of death and urged them to maintain their commitment.
But the report points out that while Delaware will collect $169 million this year from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, it will spend just 6.4 percent of it on tobacco prevention programs. In comparison, the tobacco companies spend nearly 10 times that amount ($106.7 million) per year to market their products in Delaware.
States this year will collect $25.1 billion from the tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend just 2.3 percent of it – $567.5 million – on tobacco prevention programs.
Delaware ranks third in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a coalition of public health organizations.
However, the annual report on states' funding of tobacco prevention programs finds that states as a whole are collecting record amounts of revenue from the tobacco industry, but are spending less of it on tobacco prevention.
Delaware currently spends $10.8 million a year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 77.5 percent of the $13.9 million recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the report said.
The report was released this by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It examines what states have done since the 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 11 years ago.
Last year, Delaware ranked second in the nation, spending $11.3 million on tobacco prevention.
Health advocates praised Diamond State leaders for fighting the nation's leading preventable cause of death and urged them to maintain their commitment.
But the report points out that while Delaware will collect $169 million this year from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, it will spend just 6.4 percent of it on tobacco prevention programs. In comparison, the tobacco companies spend nearly 10 times that amount ($106.7 million) per year to market their products in Delaware.
States this year will collect $25.1 billion from the tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend just 2.3 percent of it – $567.5 million – on tobacco prevention programs.
