U.S. states are spending less than 3 percent of their share of the 1998 nationwide tobacco settlement on programs to prevent tobacco use, the Associated Press reported Dec. 6.

A new report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids found that states are spending a combined $595 million on anti-tobacco programs -- a fraction of the $22 billion they've received from the settlement and just 37 percent of the spending recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In fact, the report notes, state anti-tobacco spending has actually declined in recent years, falling from $749.7 million in 2002, even as teen tobacco use rose and adult smoking declines flattened out.