How much money do tobacco companies spend each year to persuade kids to start smoking?

Cigarette and smokeless tobacco companies spend billions of dollars each year to market their products.

The money cigarette companies spent in 2006 on U.S. marketing amounted to approximately-

• $34 million per day,
• $42 for every person in the United States, and
• more than $275 for each U.S. smoker aged 18 years or older.