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Did you know...
  • 6,680 people die in Arizona from smoking-related diseases each year
  • Arizona ’s funding of $20.5 million is significantly below the CDC’s Best Practices Minimum of $27.8 million.

Arizona State Facts
Economic Costs Due to Smoking: $2,409,406,000
Adult Smoking Rates: 18.6%
High School Smoking Rates: 20.9%
Middle School Smoking Rates: 11.4%
Smoking Attributable Death Rates: 248.9
Smoking Attributable Lung Cancer Death Rates: 73.0
Smoking Attributable Respiratory Disease Death Rates: 78.5

State of Tobacco Control Report Card
Arizona SOTC Grades Click here to view Arizona’s report.
US SOTC Grades
For the full report or to view reports
from other areas in the United States
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