What else is funded by the tobacco tax?
The largest portion of the tobacco tax goes to fund health care for indigent patients with tobacco-related diseases. The Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (TEPP) administers the funds which support statewide tobacco-use prevention and cessation services (including the Helpline) and related advertising. A very small percentage of the tobacco tax funds tobacco-related research through the Arizona Disease Control Research Commission (ADCRC). Arizona voters determined how the tax should be spent when the tax was initially passed.
