IOWA
Analysis, Commentary, Musings
IOWA
Analysis, Commentary, Musings
OKLAHOMA
Analysis and insight on tobacco and vapor
products in the Sooner State
• Cigarettes: $2.03/pack
• Little Cigars: $0.1015
• Other Cigars:
$0.10 - $0.12/cigar
• Smoking Tobacco:
80% Factory List Price
• Chewing Tobacco:
60% Factory List Price
• E-Cigarettes: None
Excise Taxes
E-Cigarettes Defined as Tobacco Products?
-No-
E-Cigarettes Included in Smoking Bans?
-Varies-
TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION 101: OKLAHOMA
Key Points:
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Oklahoma’s vaping industry provided more than $360 million in economic activity in 2018 while generating 1,933 direct vaping-related jobs. Sales of disposables and prefilled cartridges in Oklahoma exceeded $3.5 million in 2016.
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As of January 15, 2020, OSDH has reported five cases of vaping-related lung illnesses. OSDH offers no information on substances vaped. OSDH earns a D for its transparency on vaping-related lung illnesses.
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In 2017, only 1.9 percent of Oklahoma high school students reported daily e-cigarette use. More data is needed.
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Only 3 percent of FDA retail compliance checks in Oklahoma resulted in sales of e-cigarettes to minors from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
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Oklahoma spends very little on tobacco prevention. In 2019, Oklahoma dedicated only $21.3 million to tobacco control programs including education and prevention, or 4 percent of what the state received in tobacco settlement payments and taxes.
FDA Compliance Checks
January 1, 2018 - October 1, 2019
Types of Products Sold
