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From: Sweeney, Kathleen
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 235 PM
To: BOS
Cc: Hahn, Paul
Subject: FW: Butte's Per Resident Cost of Smoking is $829...almost twice California's
Attachments: Cost of Smoking Talking Points.docx
Please see the ernail below and attachment frorn Bruce Baldwin.
This will be included in Board corresponde rice.
Kathleen Sweeney
Assistant Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200
Oroville, CA 95965
530-538-7643
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From: Bruce Baldwin [rpaflto: baldwlrl� )bcoe,qygj
Sent,: Thursday, October 16, 2014 11:12 AM
To: Sweeney, Kathleen
Cc: Lundberg, Mark; Raygoza, Paul; DeAnne Blankenship ive.,org)
Subject: FW: Butte's Per Resident Cost of Smoking is $829—almost twice California's
Importance: High
Tobacco use cost Butte County almost FWICE as rnUCh per resident as the, state average, according to this report. Could
you please share with the Supervisors.
Bruce Baldwin
Coalition Members, you have probably heard that the Cost of Smoking in California, 2009 report was released
yesterday. See the attached summary for a brief overview to save you time, which highlights some of the,findings for
Butte County. Butte made a couple of top, 10 lists, but not the good kinds.
You will find the full report at (Butte tables on page 86):
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Cost of Smoking Talking Points
October 15, 2014
• Tobacco use is still the leading cause of preventable death and disease in California, with
more than 34,000 Californians dying prematurely each year.
• Smoking carries a hefty price tag for all Californians, but especially for Butte County
residents. Butte County is among the top 10 counties with the highest cost of smoking
per resident and the highest per resident direct healthcare costs.
• Per California resident,the cost of smoking is $487 per year; per Butte County resident,
the cost is 829 per year. These are costs per resident, costs that all of us pay in the
form of taxes that pay for healthcare services.
• The costs per smoker are, of course, higher. The costs for Butte County smokers are
$5,773 per smoker, compared with $4,603 per California smoker. Direct costs include
expenditures for hospital care, ambulatory care, prescription drugs, home health care,
and nursing home services. Indirect costs include lost productivity due to smoking-
related illness.
• Butte's cost of smoking is $181,708,000 of which $96,004,000 is derived from direct
costs and $85,704,000 is derived from lost productivity.
• Why are the costs higher in Butte County? One reason is that Butte County has a higher
adult smoking rate than California as a whole. According to the California Health
Interview Survey (2011-12), Butte County had an 18.2% adult smoking rate, versus
13.8% for California as a whole.
Other Facts
• There are 19 smoking-related underlying causes of death. These include 10 types of
cancer, 7 types of cardiovascular disease, and 2 types of respiratory disease.
• Smoking costs Californians $21 for every dollar of cigarette tax revenue generated. That
means that for every dollar generated by the cigarette tax, $21 needs to be generated
to cover the costs of smoking. This is an enormous gap that taxpayers have to fill.
• The healthcare costs of smoking are $9.23 per pack. The indirect costs are an additional
$8.23 per pack, for a total of$17.46 per pack.
• Almost 15%of all deaths in California in 2009 were attributed to smoking.
• Smoking accounts for:
o 17 times the deaths from AIDS
o 5 times the deaths from diabetes
o 5 times the deaths from influenza and pneumonia
o 3 times the deaths from unintentional injuries
o 3 times the deaths from Alzheimers