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Indiana
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Statewide Tobacco 21 GradeB
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EnforcementAlthough Indiana's Tobacco Retail License fee is $300, it only renews every three years and not annually which isn't adequate to fund enforcement. The Indiana State Excise Police is the designated enforcement agency with penalties placed on the retailer, clerk, and "Person." Compliance checks are conducted once a year per retailer; however, the penalty structure does not include suspension of license and revocation is mandatory after a 6th violation within one year. |
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Tobacco Retail LicenseComprehensive statewide Tobacco Retail License covering all tobacco products
Multiple Tobacco Retail Licenses that cover all tobacco products
Tobacco Retail License only covers cigarettes and NOT e-cigarettes
No statewide Tobacco Retail License
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PreemptionNo preemption
Preempted from raising the sales age
Preempted from creating a Tobacco Retail License
All public health is local. Often Big Tobacco works to add preemption to statewide tobacco control bills so cities and counties are unable to enact laws that better protect the public. |
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High School Smoking Rate
40%
of High School Seniors nationwide have vaped in the past 30 days
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Tobacco Prevention vs. Industry MarketingIndiana spends $7.5M in tobacco prevention efforts and the tobacco industry spends $293.2M in marketing. For every $1 spent in prevention, Big Tobacco spends $39 in marketing. $1
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Tax per pack of cigarettes$1.00E-cigarette tax$0.00State Rank38Higher tobacco taxes are associated with decreases in tobacco use and increases in cessation and lower youth initiation. |
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Annual State Healthcare Costs due to Tobacco Use$2.93 billion |