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Test your knowledge about Tobacco Prevention and the Connecticut Tobacco Settlement.
April 2004

1. The US Centers for Disease and Prevention recommends that Connecticut spend between $21.2 and $53.9 million per year to employ an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program. Currently, how much does Connecticut spend a year on tobacco prevention measures?

a) $18 million
b) $34 million
c) $1 million
d) $500 thousand

2. Connecticut spending on tobacco prevention amounts to what percentage of the tobacco related revenue that the state collects every year in tobacco settlement payments and taxes?

a) 0.1%
b) 5%
c) 10%
d) 60%

3. How much in tobacco generated revenue was collected in Connecticut last year in the form of tobacco settlement payments and tobacco taxes?

a) $100 million
b) $250 million
c) $436.6 million
d) $500 million

4. Annual health costs related to smoking cost the nation $75+ billion. How much do smoking related expenditures cost the residents of Connecticut every year?

a) $1 billion
b) $1.27 million
c) $500 million
d) $800 thousand

5. Where does Connecticut currently rank among the states with regards to compliance with CDC recommendations?

a) 1st (the best)
b) 25th
c) 50th (the worst)
d) 43rd

Source: American Heart Association-Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Five Years Later, November 12, 2003.

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