IOWA
Analysis, Commentary, Musings
IOWA
Analysis, Commentary, Musings
ARKANSAS
Analysis and insight on tobacco and vapor
products in the Natural State
• Cigarettes: $1.15/pack
• Smoking Tobacco, Moist Snuff, Cigars, Other Tobacco:
68% Manufacturer's Price
• Premium Cigars: $0.50/cigar + 2% Manufacturer's Price
• E-Cigarettes: None
Excise Taxes
E-Cigarettes Defined as Tobacco Products?
-No-
E-Cigarettes Included in Smoking Bans?
-Schools; state colleges; state parks-
TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION 101: ARKANSAS
Key Points:
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Arkansas’s vaping industry provided more than $157 million in economic activity in 2018 while generating 553 direct vaping-related jobs. Sales of disposables and prefilled cartridges in Arkansas exceeded $5 million in 2016.
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2. As of January 16, 2020, ADH has reported eight confirmed and 14 probable cases of vaping-related lung illnesses. ADH does not provide information on age, gender, and substances vaped. ADH earns an F for its lack of transparency on vaping-related lung illnesses.
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In 2017, only 1.6 percent of Arkansas high school students reported daily e-cigarette use. More data is needed.
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Only 2 percent of FDA retail compliance checks in Arkansas resulted in sales of e-cigarettes to minors from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
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Arkansas spends very little on tobacco prevention. In 2019, Arkansas dedicated only $12 million on tobacco control, or 4 percent of what the state received in tobacco settlement payments and taxes.