State Highlights

 

Oklahoma

Monitor

In Oklahoma, 24.7% of the adult population (aged 18+ years)—over 677,000 individuals—are current cigarette smokers. Across all states, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults ranges from 9.3% to 26.5%. Oklahoma ranks 47th among the states.

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Among youth aged 12–17 years, 13.3% smoke in Oklahoma. The range across all states is 6.5% to 15.9%. Oklahoma ranks 48th among the states.

Among adults aged 35+ years, over 6,200 died as a result of tobacco use per year, on average, during 2000—2004. This represents a smoking-attributable mortality rate of 332.1/100,000. Oklahoma's smoking-attributable mortality rate ranks 47th among the states.

Protect

Oklahoma does not have a statewide smoke-free law that provides adequate protection against exposure to secondhand smoke in public places. The law preempts local communities from enacting local smoke-free restrictions.

Among adults who work indoors, the percentage who reported anyone smoking in their work area within the preceding 2 weeks has remained higher in Oklahoma than in the nation overall. Currently, Oklahoma ranks 46th among the states for workplace exposure, at 10.2%.

Offer

Best Practices estimates 8% of smokers could access quitlines each year. In Oklahoma, 4.4% of smokers called their quitline.

The Medicaid fee-for-service program in Oklahoma provides full coverage for tobacco dependence treatment. Oklahoma's Medicaid policy provides coverage for both bupropion and varenicline. Oklahoma's Medicaid policy provides coverage for individual counseling, but not group or telephone counseling.

Warn

Smoke-free home rules represent awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke. In Oklahoma, as in the nation, an increasing number of families have such a rule.

Currently, 71.0% of Oklahoma homes have this rule. Oklahoma ranks 42nd in the nation.

Rating point data were available for 42 states and the District of Columbia. Best Practices recommendations translate into an average of 800 targeted rating points TRPs in effective youth and 1,200 gross rating points GRPs in effective general audience antitobacco media campaigns per quarter. Oklahoma's major media market(s) aired an average of 2 youth TRPs and 37 general audience GRPs per quarter in 2008. Oklahoma ranks 35th among states for the number of youth TRPs and 32nd among states for the number of general audience GRPs aired.

Enforce

Oklahoma preempts local regulation of tobacco industry promotions, sampling and display of tobacco products in commercial establishments.

Oklahoma requires all establishments selling tobacco products over the counter and by vending machine to be licensed. Currently, 38 states require licensure for both over the counter and vending machine sales.

Raise

Oklahoma maintains a $1.03 per pack tax and ranks 28th among the states.

Oklahoma has a minimum price law. Wholesalers must mark up cigarettes by 2.75 percent and retailers must mark up cigarettes by at least 6 percent. This law has the effect of limiting the amount of discounting that can be offered through coupons and other types of sales promotions.

Approximately 16% of the annual revenue generated from state excise taxes and settlement payments would fund Oklahoma's tobacco control program at the Best Practices recommended amount. However, in 2007, Oklahoma's funding for tobacco control was 25.8% of the recommended level. Oklahoma ranks 19th among the states.