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Indiana

	Statewide Tobacco 21 Grade B View Full Report Card Report Card
	Enforcement Although 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.
	Tobacco Retail License Comprehensive 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
	Preemption No 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.
	High School Smoking Rate 40% of High School Seniors nationwide have vaped in the past 30 days
	Tobacco Prevention vs. Industry Marketing Indiana 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 $39
	Tax per pack of cigarettes $1.00 E-cigarette tax $0.00 State Rank 38 Higher tobacco taxes are associated with decreases in tobacco use and increases in cessation and lower youth initiation.
	Annual State Healthcare Costs due to Tobacco Use $2.93 billion
References Information updated Nov 2020. Please contact Amanda.Turner@tobacco21.org if you have suggested updates.

For More Information, Please Contact:

Amanda Swenson Turner
Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation
Executive Director
amanda.turner@tobacco21.org

Rob Crane, MD
Tobacco 21
President
www.tobacco21.org
Rob.Crane@PTAF.org

Other Helpful Resources:

Tobacco Free Kids Indiana

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leading force in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its deadly toll in the United States and around the world. Our vision: A future free of the death and disease caused by tobacco.

American Lung Association State Report Card

The ALA ‘State of Tobacco Control’ report tracks progress on key tobacco control policies at the state and federal levels, and assigns grades based on tobacco control laws and regulations in effect as of January 2, 2014.

American Lung Association State Report Card

The ALA ‘State of Tobacco Control’ report tracks progress on key tobacco control policies at the state and federal levels, and assigns grades based on tobacco control laws and regulations in effect as of January 2, 2014

SLATI State Information Indiana

SLATI (State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues) is an extensively researched and invaluable source of information on tobacco control laws and policy, and is the only up-to-date and comprehensive summary of state tobacco control laws.

The Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation and the Campaign For Tobacco Free Kids support these four principles for Tobacco 21 ordinances:

Include all tobacco and nicotine products, specifically e-cigarettes. The only exceptions would be FDA recognized nicotine replacement products (gum, patch, etc.) intended for cessation.
Include significant enforcement provisions against illegal sales as research shows that consistent enforcement is of critical importance.
Not include any pre-emption against local authority in more stringent regulation of tobacco or other nicotine product sales, secondhand smoke, or e-cigarette vapor.
Ideally not include possession, usage, or purchase (PUP) penalties that result in criminal records, and instead place the onus on the purveyors of these addictive products.

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