Tobacco companies spend more on marketing in a single day than 47 states and the District of Columbia spend on tobacco prevention in an entire year, one report finds.
The growing gap between the amounts spent by states on smoking prevention programs compared to the record sums tobacco companies are spending to market their products is affecting progress in reducing youth smoking, according to a coalition of public health organizations.
An annual report titled “A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Seven Years Later” was released by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and American Lung Association.
The multi-state tobacco settlement, signed by 46 states and the major tobacco companies in 1998, calls for an estimated $246 billion to be paid out to the states over the first 25 years for tobacco prevention purposes.
While the states’ prevention efforts can’t keep pace with the tobacco industry’s marketing, some private companies may be able to pick up the slack.
“Some of the tobacco settlement money might be better spent on...
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