This document summarizes tobacco use statistics and costs in Maine. It finds that 18.1% of high school students smoke cigarettes, while 13.4% of high school males use smokeless tobacco. Each year, 6,200 kids try cigarettes for the first time and 1,600 become regular smokers. Tobacco use costs Maine $602 million annually in health care expenditures and $534 million in lost productivity. The tobacco industry spends $59 million per year on advertising in Maine.