Indiana
Indiana has a lot of tobacco prevention and cessation work to do, new report suggests
The American Lung Association released its 2024 State of Tobacco Control report Wednesday, which evaluates state efforts to eliminate tobacco use. Indiana scored failing grades in most categories.
The report compares state policies to evidence-based practices known to prevent youth from using tobacco and help smokers quit.
Data shows Indiana’s tobacco prevention and cessation programs are working, but the state still doesn’t have the number of programs recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a state of this size and population.
That’s one of the five evidence-based strategies the American Lung Association analyzed to assess states’ efforts to prevent youth from using tobacco and help adults to quit.
Tiffany Nichols, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association in Indiana, said the state’s grades look similar to some southern states.
Indiana scored the following grades:
- Funding for state tobacco prevention programs – Grade F
- Strength of smoke-free workplace laws – Grade C
- Level of state tobacco taxes – Grade F
- Coverage and access to services to quit tobacco – Grade C
- Ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products – Grade F
Over the past decade, the state has seen an uptick in e-cigarette usage, not dissimilar to the rest of the country. However, Indiana’s cigarette consumption has decreased 13% from 2020 to 2023.
There are multiple reasons why Indiana has struggled to curb tobacco usage, according to the report.
The state’s prevention and cessation programs are drastically underfunded at roughly $10.9 million a year. That’s 14.9% of the level recommended by the CDC, which is $73.5 million annually.
Indiana’s cigarette tax, which is just under $1, hasn’t been increased since 2007. The highest cigarette taxes of more than $4 are in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.
Advocates have tried to increase the cigarette tax for nearly a decade. Lawmakers considered a bill last year to increase the tobacco tax up to $2, but the legislation failed. Nichols thinks some lawmakers might believe it’s a tax on people who are low-income, one of the demographic groups that typically uses tobacco.
“We’re not trying to tax the poor, but we know that it’s an evidence-based strategy that will help many, many Hoosiers finally decide to quit,” Nichols said. “And it will help a lot of young people decide that smoking just isn’t something that they want to do once the price hits a certain threshold.”
According to the report, smoking costs the state around $2.9 billion annually in healthcare costs.
This year Nichols said she’s focused on educating lawmakers so they’re prepared for the budget session next year. She recommends Indiana add e-cigarettes to the state’s existing smoke-free air law.
According to the report, menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars stand in the way of tobacco prevention efforts because more young adults start using cigars with flavored versions compared to older adults.
“Data from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) show that 64.8% of middle and high school students who smoke cigars use flavored cigars, amounting to 270,000 kids. Menthol flavored little cigars can also easily act as substitutes for menthol cigarettes if their sale is not prohibited at the same time,” according to the report.
Menthol cigarettes are also popular among Black people who smoke, with over 80% of them using method cigarettes.
Nichols hopes President Joe Biden’s administration will approve an FDA rule to eliminate menthol and other tobacco flavorings.
The Indiana Tobacco Quitline can be accessed here.
Contact WFYI’s health reporter Elizabeth Gabriel at egabriel@wfyi.org.
Thoughts on an 85-60 loss to Iowa:
Iowa City is a long way from the Bahamas.
But tonight’s game from Indiana could have fit right into its Battle 4 Atlantis performance.
As Iowa began to pull away early in the second half, the Hoosiers completely folded. They failed to compete. The body language was poor. They couldn’t defend. They couldn’t score. They looked like a team that had given up.
Iowa got up by as much as 30 before settling on a 25-point victory. That 25-point defeat for the Hoosiers? It’s the largest loss during regular season Big Ten play in the Mike Woodson era.
Iowa entered this game 121st on KenPom in adjusted defensive efficiency but held Indiana to just .83 points per possession tonight. That’s Indiana’s lowest output of the season. The previous low? The .85 points per possession it scored against Louisville in the Bahamas.
The Hoosiers have played well against zone defense this season, but that wasn’t the case tonight. Iowa’s 2-3 zone turned them into jump shooters. The Hoosiers just couldn’t find a consistent rhythm against it. On paper, Indiana entered this one as the far superior rebounding team. It’s an area that’s helped the Hoosiers succeed during their three-game conference winning streak. But the Hawkeyes snagged 29 percent of their offensive rebounds tonight, while the Hoosiers rebounded just 24 percent.
Iowa also absolutely feasted off Indiana’s 16 turnovers. The Hawkeyes scored 24 points off turnovers on a night the Hoosiers turned the ball over on 22 percent of their possessions. Indiana was particularly poor with the ball in the first half and entered the locker room turning it over on 32 percent of its possessions.
Oumar Ballo had a rough start. Iowa doubled him from the get-go and Owen Freeman poked at him, too. The Arizona transfer had four turnovers by the 14:38 mark in the first half when he was yanked from the game by Woodson. Ballo has been a dominant force for Indiana of late. And while he still posted a double-double — 10 points, 13 rebounds — Freeman bested him tonight. The sophomore can play out on the perimeter and his quickness and array of moves made him a tough matchup for the bigger Ballo. Freeman finished with 16 points (8-of-13) and 12 boards. He also defended the paint well, racking up a game-high four blocks while also adding three steals. Ballo didn’t block a shot this evening.
Mackenzie Mgbako played only 16 minutes and scored six points. He’s 2-of-14 from the floor over his last two games.
Iowa hit 11-of-24 (46 percent) from 3-point range. Indiana made just 4-of-16 (25 percent). After heating up in the second half, Payton Sandfort led all scorers with 23 points.
“When you go out on the road in the Big Ten, you can’t turn it over, you gotta rebound with your opponent and you gotta make shots,” Woodson said after the game. “We failed in all three areas tonight.”
Fail Indiana did tonight. The start of its toughest stretch of the season was a disaster. With better teams just over the horizon, the Hoosiers need to forget about this one and not let it affect them.
We’ll soon see how they respond with the Illini coming to Bloomington for a Tuesday night bout.
(Photo credit: Big Ten Basketball on X)
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Indiana
How to watch Indiana vs No. 23 Iowa women's college basketball: Schedule, streaming info, game preview
Conference play in women’s college basketball gets started in earnest this month and on Sunday afternoon, the 11-4 Indiana Hoosiers visit the No. 23 Iowa Hawkeyes (12-4) for a Big Ten matchup at 3pm ET on Peacock.
Indiana has just one conference loss this season — they fell to No. 1 UCLA 73-62 on Saturday, January 4th. But they bounced back with a 68-64 win over Northwestern their last time out to improve to 3-1 in the Big Ten. It was the program’s 900th win all-time, but it was also a hard-fought win against a Wildcats team that isn’t a barnburner in the conference (Northwestern is 7-9 overall, 0-5 Big Ten).
“Winning is hard,” Indiana head coach Teri Moren said after the Northwestern victory. “It’s hard at home, it’s hard on the road, and our margin of error is really small, and so, we’ve got to be much better, but we’re happy that we’re going to get out of here with the win tonight.”
For Iowa, there’s been plenty of questions and plenty of scrutiny in the post-Caitlin Clark, post-Lisa Bluder era. The Hawkeyes have kept the momentum going with their devoted fanbase: Iowa has sold out women’s basketball season tickets for the second straight season, and the team has played in front of 28 consecutive sellout crowds, the longest streak nationwide.
The Hawkeyes started off the season 8-0, but have struggled more recently, going 4-4 in their last eight games. Longtime Iowa assistant Jan Jensen took over the head coaching role from Bluder, and senior guard Lucy Olsen, a transfer from Villanova, has helped to fill the void left by Clark on the court. Olsen leads the team in scoring with 17.0 points per game, and junior forward Hannah Stuelke leads the team with 8.0 rebounds per game.
For full information on how to watch Sunday’s game, including start time and streaming information, see below.
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How to Watch Indiana vs Iowa Women’s College Basketball
- Date: Sunday, January 12th
- Time: 3:00pm ET
- Location: Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, Iowa)
- Streaming: Peacock
Big Ten women’s basketball 2024-25 schedule on NBC & Peacock
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup |
|---|---|---|
| Sun., Jan. 12 | 3 p.m. | Indiana vs. Iowa |
| Wed., Jan. 15 | 9:30 p.m. | Penn State vs. UCLA |
| Wed., Jan. 15 | 10 p.m. | Northwestern vs. USC |
| Thurs., Jan. 16 | 7 p.m. | Illinois vs. Indiana |
| Thurs., Jan. 16 | 9 p.m. | Ohio State vs. Wisconsin |
| Sun., Jan. 19 | 12 p.m. | USC vs. Indiana** |
| Wed., Jan. 22 | 7 p.m. | USC vs. Purdue |
| Wed., Jan. 22 | 9 p.m. | Iowa vs. Washington |
| Sun., Jan. 26 | 2 p.m. | UCLA vs. Maryland** |
| Thurs., Jan. 30 | 10 p.m. | Minnesota vs. USC |
| Wed., Feb. 5 | 7:30 p.m. | USC vs. Wisconsin |
| Wed., Feb. 5 | 9:30 p.m. | Ohio State vs. UCLA |
| Thurs., Feb. 6 | 8 p.m. | Michigan vs. Nebraska |
| Thurs., Feb. 13 | 7:30 p.m. | Minnesota vs. Ohio State |
| Thurs., Feb. 13 | 10 p.m. | UCLA vs. USC |
| Wed., Feb. 19 | 9:30 p.m. | Michigan State vs. USC |
| Thurs., Feb. 20 | 7 p.m. | Ohio State vs. Indiana |
| Sun., Feb. 23 | 2 p.m. | UCLA vs. Iowa |
| Wed., Feb. 26 | 8 p.m. | UCLA vs. Wisconsin |
| Thurs., Feb. 27 | 7 p.m. | Maryland vs. Indiana |
| Sun., March 2 | 2 p.m. | Indiana vs. Purdue |
| Sun., March 2 | 4 p.m. | Wisconsin vs. Iowa |
| Tues., March 4 | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Tournament |
| Tues., March 4 | 6 p.m. | Big Ten Tournament |
| Tues., March 4 | 8:30 p.m. | Big Ten Tournament |
| **on NBC and Peacock |
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Video: Owen Freeman on why a postgame video clip is motivating Iowa
Owen Freeman discusses a variety of topics ahead of Iowa’s matchup with Indiana.
Iowa basketball is ready to hit the court again in Big Ten Conference play.
The Hawkeyes (11-4, 2-2 Big Ten) remain at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday for a men’s matchup against Indiana. Head coach Fran McCaffery’s group is hoping to carry its momentum from last outing’s overtime win over Nebraska, 97-87, on Tuesday.
Here’s how to watch Iowa men’s basketball vs Indiana, including time, TV schedule and streaming information:
Watch Iowa vs. Indiana men’s basketball on FUBO
What channel is Iowa vs Indiana on today?
TV channel: FOX
Livestream: FUBO (free trial)
Iowa vs Indiana will be broadcast nationally on FOX. Streaming options for the game include FUBO, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Can I watch Iowa vs Indiana for free on livestream?
The Iowa vs. Indiana game can be streamed on FUBO, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Iowa vs Indiana time today
- Date: Saturday, Jan. 1
- Start time: 7 p.m. CT
The Iowa vs Indiana game starts at 7 p.m. CT from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
Iowa basketball schedule 2024-25
Record: 11-4 (2-2 Big Ten)
- Nov. 4: Texas A&M Commerce (W, 89-67)
- Nov. 7: Southern (W, 89-74)
- Nov. 12: South Dakota (W, 96-77)
- Nov. 15: Washington State (W, 76-66)
- Nov. 19: Rider University (W, 83-58)
- Nov. 22: Utah State (L, 77-69)
- Nov 26: USC Upstate (W, 110-77)
- Dec. 3: Northwestern (W, 80-79)
- Dec 7: @Michigan (L, 85-83)
- Dec. 12: Iowa State (L, 89-80)
- Dec. 15: University of New Orleans (W, 104-57)
- Dec. 21: University of Utah (W, 95-88)
- Dec. 30: University of New Hampshire (W, 112-70)
- Jan 3: at Wisconsin, (L, 116-85)
- Jan. 7: Nebraska, (W, 97-87)
- Jan. 11: Indiana, 7 p.m., FOX (Iowa City)*
- Jan. 14: at USC, 9:30 p.m., FS1 (Los Angeles, California)*
- Jan. 17: at UCLA, 8 p.m., FS1 (Los Angeles, California)*
- Jan 21: Minnesota, 8 p.m., BTN (Iowa City)*
- Jan. 24: Penn State, 8 p.m., FS1 (Iowa City)*
- Jan 27: at Ohio State, 7 p.m., FS1 (Columbus, Ohio)*
- Feb. 4: Purdue, 6 p.m., Peacock (Iowa City)*
- Feb 8: Wisconsin, noon, NBC (Iowa City)*
- Feb. 12: at Rutgers, 5:30 p.m., BTN (Piscataway, New Jersey)*
- Feb. 16: at Maryland, 4 p.m., FS1 (College Park, Maryland)*
- Feb. 19: Oregon, 7:30 p.m., BTN (Iowa City)*
- Feb. 22: Washington, 3 p.m., FS1 (Iowa City)*
- Feb. 25: at Illinois, 8 p.m., FS1 (Champaign, Illinois)*
- Feb: 28: at Northwestern, 8 p.m., FS1 (Evanston, Illinois)*
- March 6: Michigan State, 7 p.m., FS1 (Iowa City)*
- March 9: at Nebraska, 11:30 a.m., FOX (Lincoln, Nebraska)*
- March 12-16: Big Ten Tournament on (Indianapolis, Indiana)*
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