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.submenu-item.unique{width:100% !important;margin-top:unset !important}.bbot:before{display:none !important}}</style><ul><li class="main menu-item-has-children"><a href="#">THE PROBLEM</a><ul class="submenu large"><li class="submenu-item usa menu-item-has-children"><a class="submenu-title" href="/problem/toll-us">THE TOLL OF TOBACCO IN THE UNITED STATES </a><ul class="sub-submenu"><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/alabama">Alabama</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/alaska">Alaska</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/arizona">Arizona</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/arkansas">Arkansas</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/california">California</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/colorado">Colorado</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/connecticut">Connecticut</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/dc">District of Columbia</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/delaware">Delaware</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/florida">Florida</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/georgia">Georgia</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/hawaii">Hawaii</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/idaho">Idaho</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/illinois">Illinois</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/indiana">Indiana</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/iowa">Iowa</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/kansas">Kansas</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/kentucky">Kentucky</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/louisiana">Louisiana</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/maine">Maine</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/maryland">Maryland</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/michigan">Michigan</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/minnesota">Minnesota</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/mississippi">Mississippi</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/missouri">Missouri</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/montana">Montana</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/nebraska">Nebraska</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/nevada">Nevada</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/new_hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/new_jersey">New Jersey</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/new_mexico">New Mexico</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/new_york">New York</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/north_carolina">North Carolina</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/north_dakota">North Dakota</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/ohio">Ohio</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/oregon">Oregon</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/rhode_island">Rhode Island</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/south_carolina">South Carolina</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/south_dakota">South Dakota</a></li><li><a href="/problem/toll-us/tennessee">Tennessee</a></li><li><a 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data-table mb-5"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">The Toll of Tobacco in Connecticut</th></tr><tr><td>High school students who smoke</td><td>3.0% (5,700)</td></tr><tr><td>High school students who use e-cigarettes</td><td>11.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Male high school students who smoke cigars (female use much lower)</td><td>3.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Kids (under 18) who try cigarettes for the first time each year</td><td>4,900</td></tr><tr><td>Adults in Connecticut who smoke</td><td>8.4% (243,100)</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-responsive data-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Deaths in Connecticut from Smoking</th></tr><tr><td>Adults who die each year from their own smoking</td><td>4,900</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of cancer deaths in Connecticut attributable to smoking</td><td>27.1%</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined — and thousands more die from other tobacco-related causes — such as fires caused by smoking (more than 1,000 deaths/year nationwide) and smokeless tobacco use.</p><p> </p><table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-responsive data-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Smoking-Caused Monetary Costs in Connecticut</th></tr><tr><td>Annual health care costs in Connecticut directly caused by smoking</td><td>$2.36 billion</td></tr><tr><td>Medicaid costs caused by smoking in Connecticut</td><td>$559.8 million</td></tr><tr><td>Residents' state & federal tax burden from smoking-caused government expenditures</td><td>$931 per household</td></tr><tr><td>Smoking-caused productivity losses in Connecticut</td><td>$3.5 billion</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Amounts do not include health costs caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, smoking-caused fires, or use of non-cigarette tobacco products. Productivity losses are from smoking-caused premature death and illness that prevent people from working. Tobacco use also imposes costs such as damage to property.</p><p> </p><table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-responsive data-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Tobacco Industry Influence in Connecticut</th></tr><tr><td>Annual tobacco industry marketing expenditures nationwide</td><td>$8.6 billion</td></tr><tr><td>Estimated portion spent for Connecticut marketing each year</td><td>$57.3 million</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Published research studies have found that kids are twice as sensitive to tobacco advertising as adults and are more likely to be influenced to smoke by cigarette marketing than by peer pressure. 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