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Tobacco Industry Marketing Expenditures
The table below lists the amount of money the tobacco industry spends on promotional activities in each state each year based on the state's population [1]. The base number used is $5.2 billion per year nationally. This figure derives from the most recent FTC reports (1996) on cigarette and smokeless tobacco promotional expenditures [2].

  STATE
ANNUAL EXPENDITURES

(figures in millions of dollars)

  Alabama
$84

  Alaska
$11

  Arizona
$88

  Arkansas
$49

  California
$630

  Colorado
$75

  Connecticut
$63

  Delaware
$14

  District of Columbia
$10

  Florida
$286

  Georgia
$146

  Hawaii
$23

  Idaho
$23

  Illinois
$232

  Indiana
$114

  Iowa $55

  Kansas
$50

  Kentucky
$76

  Louisiana
$84

  Maine
$24

>  Maryland
$99

  Massachusetts
$119

  Michigan
$190

  Minnesota
$91

  Mississippi
$53

  Missouri
$105

  Montana
$17

  Nebraska
$32

  Nevada
$32

  New Hampshire
$22

  New Jersey
$157

  New Mexico
$33

  New York
$354

  North Carolina
$145

  North Dakato
$12

  Ohio
$218

  Oklahoma
$64

  Oregon
$63

  Pennsylvania
$234

  Rhode Island
$19

  South Carolina
$73

  South Dakota
$14

  Tennessee
$104

  Texas
$379

  Utah
$40

  Vermont
$11

  Virginia
$131

  Washington
$109

  West Virginia
$35

  Wisconsin
$100

  Wyoming
$9

  USA
$5.2 billion

Sources: Stan Glantz, March 15, 1999.

[1] Tobacco company marketing expenditures in the state calculated by determining the state's pro rata share (based on population) of the tobacco companies' national marketing expenditures, which was conservatively taken to be $5.2 billion based on the FTC reports for prior years.

[2] Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Report to Congress for 1996 Pursuant to the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (1998) [Top five cigarette manufacturers in U.S. spent over $5.1 billion on advertising and other promotional activities in 1996];

FTC, Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress for the Years 1996 and 1997 Pursuant to the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (1999) [top five manufacturers of smokeless tobacco products spent over $150 million on advertising and other promotional activities in 1997], http://www.ftc.gov/.
[1] Tobacco company marketing expenditures in the state calculated by determining the state's pro rata share (based on population) of the tobacco companies' national marketing expenditures, which was conservatively taken to be $5.2 billion based on the FTC reports for prior years.

[2] Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Report to Congress for 1996 Pursuant to the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (1998) [Top five cigarette manufacturers in U.S. spent over $5.1 billion on advertising and other promotional activities in 1996];

FTC, Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress for the Years 1996 and 1997 Pursuant to the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (1999) [top five manufacturers of smokeless tobacco products spent over $150 million on advertising and other promotional activities in 1997], http://www.ftc.gov/.

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