Year

2009

State

Full name of the US state

Data Source

Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC)

Topic Description

Metadata

Ambulatory Expense ($ mil)

Hospital Expense ($ mil)

Nursing Home Expense ($ mil)

Other Expense ($ mil)

Other expenditures include home health care, durable and nondurable medical equipment, and other professional services.

Prescription Expense ($ mil)

Total Healthcare Expense ($ mil)

Excludes dental expenditure

State Tax ($/pack)

State tax levied on a pack of cigarettes

Population

State population in 2009

State GDP ($ mil)

State gross domestic product in millions of dollars. This is a measure of the state’s economic output.

BEA Region

US geographic regions as defined by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis

Median Household Income

In $ for 2009

Cessation Expenditures ($)

Total state expenditures on smoking cessation programs such as education, advertising, and subsidies for smoking cessation medications.

Land area

State land area in square miles

Adjusted Total Healthcare Expense ($/capita)

Adjusted Cessation Expense ($/capita)