You’ve probably heard that President Barack Obama proposed 94-cents per pack increase in the federal tax on cigarettes. The additional $ 78 billion revenue collected for 10 years will be used to pay for expanded early childhood education – called…
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Local regulations of alcohol and sale of tobacco products
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Recent legislation has brought good news for those who wish to enjoy a glass of wine in one of the small restaurants in Wellesley, but bad news for those who would like to buy a pack of cigarettes at a…
New tobacco tax to help smokers quit
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Starting today smokers will pay at least MOP 6 more per cigarette pack, as the new tobacco tax duty comes into effect. The tax rise will encourage smokers to quit, the Health Services Bureau (SSM) assured, while vowing to continue…
States cut funding for tobacco prevention
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States have cut funding for tobacco prevention programs 12 percent this year, to the lowest level since 1999, according to a new report that a coalition of public health groups released Wednesday. States have scaled back spending on tobacco programs…
Increase cigarette tax
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As a member of the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City Board of Directors, I’m proud to be part of a diverse group of organizations and individual Missourians to file a proposition to increase Missouri’s cigarette tax by 80…
Smoking ban may hit public parks
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After a unanimous call by City Council to begin drafting new policy, Austin residents may soon be banned from smoking in public parks in addition to the 2005 ban placed on smoking in most indoor public places throughout Austin. Austin…
Cigarette Tax Increased to Keep State Running
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ALBANY — New Yorkers who like to smoke will have to dig a little deeper to light up next month, after the Legislature passed a bill on Monday that will give the state the highest cigarette taxes in the country.…
US obesity expert urges tax on soft drinks
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AUSTRALIA should start taxing soft drinks, an American obesity expert says. Yale University professor Kelly Brownell has told a Canberra psychological conference that the Government should tax them in the same way it does cigarettes. “We have seen how effective…
Who will pay WHO’s pricetag for fighting noncommunicable diseases
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NEW YORK — Millions of deaths from chronic illness and up to one-third of those from heart disease, the world’s leading killer, could be avoided or postponed if developing nations increased their health budgets by about 4 percent to put…
Smoking-related health care costs
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RICHMOND, Va. – The nation’s top cigarette companies said Friday they have made their payments as part of the 25-year settlement in which some cigarette makers are paying states for smoking-related health care costs. Philip Morris USA, the nation’s largest…
Tobacco taxes help Illinois schools
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DANVILLE — Every package of cigarettes sold in Illinois adds money to the state’s school fund. Illinois tags a 98-cent tax on every package of cigarettes sold in the state, collecting an estimated $560 million during fiscal year 2010. The…
States spending just 2% of tobacco settlement funds on smoking prevention
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Despite receiving billions through a 1998 tobacco settlement, states are slashing budgets for tobacco prevention programs, dropping funding to its lowest level in more than a decade, a new study shows. States are to receive $25.3 billion in tobacco taxes…
IRISH Cancer Society and and Irish Heart Foundation Calls to rise tobacco tax
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THE IRISH Cancer Society and Irish Heart Foundation came together yesterday to urge the Government to increase tax on tobacco by 50 cent in the budget. Increasing tax by this amount on loose tobacco and cigarettes would generate €85 million…
Zimbabwe Joins to Fight Proposed WHO Tobacco Rules
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Zimbabwe has teamed up with 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to oppose a proposed World Health Organization agreement that would ban certain ingredients in tobacco that renders the product more appealing to youths in particular. Reports said the 79…