Who got 7?

Number 7 has a larger population then 4 or 5 it is Illinois with 22.2% smoking.  They spend 38.4 billion on entitlements.  There savings is about 4.26 billion.  Now I am taking a couple days to write other things but keep checking in to see who is #8.

#6 is a give me

Florida was farther down the list then I thought it would be but if you have been following the list you had to expect it with a population of nearly 19 million it is the 4th most populated state.  Though they only spend 44.1 billion on entitlements and a smoking rate of 20.2% and your state is two down from where most would think at a savings of 4.45 billion.  See if you can guess number 7 mabey make a family game out of it check tomorrow to see who wins.

Were you guessing florida for #5

Sorry you were wrong.  With its high population I thought it would be 4th then it wasnt fifth either that went to Pennsylvania with just under 13 million residents it spends 44.9 billion on entitlements add that to a 22.7% smoking rate and the saving go crazy.  5.09 billion dollars.  Lets see if you can get #6 tommorow.  Good Luck

A surprising number 4

I was surprised to find Ohio as # 4 for savings.  It is because of a smoking rate of 25.8% and entitlements of 42.8 billion.  The savings would be 5.52 billion.  See if you can guess #6

Texas number 3

With a smoking rate of 20.4% and 55 billion it would save 5.61 billion.  You may be surprised by #4 see if you can guess.  Find out tomorrow.

State number 2

New York is the state that could save the second most.  Only 19.9% of the state but because it spends 99.2 billion on entitlements it would save 9.78 billion each year.  See if you can guess what number three is and check tomorrow if you are correct.

smoking by state

A lot has been going on in my life so it has been a while since I last wrote so I decided to do for each state how much they could save by cutting there entitlements to smokers.  I will do it by which state would save the most to the state that would save the least.  I got the % of smokers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the spending from http://www.usgovernmentspending.com .  I counted pension, health care and welfare as entitlements.  I also figured it as though half smokers quit.  It may come as no surprise that though it  has a low % of smokers of only 14.7% because it spends 136.9 billion dollars and would be able to save just over 10 billion.  Check tomorrow if your state comes next.