top of page
TRUE COST OF TOBACCO
INDIANA
CAN'T AFFORD TOBACCO
![TobaccoTax_image1.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccda19_f575c9faaa7549f69da5cf4228024760~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_612,h_484,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/TobaccoTax_image1.png)
If you live in Indiana, you're paying for big tobacco. Smoking raises healthcare and business costs. That means higher insurance premiums, less money toward wages, and more tax dollars to support Medicaid. You shouldn’t subsidize smoking.
Smoking Costs
$1,134
For each Indiana household in state and federal taxes from smoking-caused government expenditures.
$634 MILLION
For the state in Medicaid each year due to smoking.
$3.1 BILLION
For Indiana businesses due to absenteeism, smoke breaks, and lost productivity.
THE PROBLEM
We can’t afford to be lighting money on fire. But that’s essentially what smoking does.
TAKE ACTION
![TobaccoTax_image2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccda19_4bb72c2da25b41b8a749d5ac1ebb6406~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_53,h_47,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_avif,quality_auto/TobaccoTax_image2.png)
Our people and state can’t afford the cost burden of tobacco. Sign up to stay informed about efforts to make tobacco pay its fair share.
bottom of page