Chapter 32 Political issues

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Political issues: California political and economic issues

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By 1991 in California, only 13% of college graduates were current smokers.

Annals of Allergy, November 1994, p. 383

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The percentage of Californians who smoke dropped from 26.5 percent in 1988 to

19.1 percent in 1993. This 28% decline was three times the national average, and

only the state of Utah now has a lower percentage of smokers. An excise tax increase

in 1988 mandated that 20% of the money raised would go toward anti-smoking

education programs, but this fund has been short-changed by $155 million since

1988, and the money diverted to other uses.

Associated Press, March 21, 1994

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Smoking costs California more than $10 billion each year in medical costs and lost

productivity due to death and illness. Direct medical costs are $3.6 billion (or $793

per smoker per year), lost productivity costs for employers $860 million (another $230

per smoker), and a loss to the state economy of $6.4 billion because of lost

productivity due to premature death from tobacco.

San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 1994, p. A23

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Smoking caused 14,292 fires in California in 1990, causing more than $31.5 million in

property damage and loss.

San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 1994, p. A23

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There are 58,000 deaths caused by tobacco each year in California.

JAMA, May 27, 1992, p. 2723

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