Raising the price of tobacco in North Dakota by $2 per pack could reduce youth smoking rates by nearly 23%. North Dakota currently has the 48th lowest tobacco tax in the nation at 44 cents per pack. Increasing and maintaining high tobacco prices is one of the most effective ways to prevent youth from starting to smoke according to the CDC.

2. WE CAN REDUCE
YOUTH SMOKING
RATES BY MAKING
TOBACCO LESS
AFFORDABLE

3. INCREASING NORTH
DAKOTA’S PRICE OF
TOBACCO BY $2 PER
PACK CAN REDUCE
YOUTH SMOKING BY
NEARLY 23%

5. INCREASING NORTH
DAKOTA’S PRICE OF
TOBACCO BY $2 PER
PACK CAN REDUCE
YOUTH SMOKING BY
NEARLY 23%

6. NORTH DAKOTA’S
HIGH SCHOOL SMOKING
RATE IS 11.7% - A 23%
REDUCTION WOULD
REDUCE THE RATE TO
NEARLY 9%
Source for youth smoking rates: Youth Risk
Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

7. AT 44 CENTS PER PACK OF CIGARETTES,
NORTH DAKOTA HAS THE 48TH LOWEST
TOBACCO TAX IN THE NATION, AND HAS
NOT RAISED ITS TOBACCO TAX FOR
OVER TWENTYYEARS - SINCE 1993.
Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0097.pdf

10. PREVENTS 6,700
NORTH DAKOTA
YOUTH FROM
BECOMING ADULT
SMOKERS
A.

11. PREVENT 4,000
PREMATURE
SMOKING-CAUSED
DEATHS IN
NORTH DAKOTA
B.

12. SAVE
$283.06 MILLION
IN LONG-TERM
HEALTH
CARE COSTS
C.
Source: Public Health Benefits from
Increasing a Cigarette Tax

13. INCREASINGAND
MAINTAININGA
HIGH TOBACCO
PRICE IS AMONG
THE MOST
EFFECTIVE WAYS
TO PREVENT
YOUNG PEOPLE
FROM EVER
STARTING TO USE
TOBACCO
Source: CDC Best Practices for
Comprehensive Tobacco
Control Programs

14. A TOBACCO PRICE
INCREASE IS A
WIN-WIN FOR
THE STATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA