Cigarettes tax
New York Cigarette Tax Increase Delivers Victory for Kids and Taxpayers
Washington, D.C. – Governor David Paterson and the New York Legislature have taken historic action to protect the state’s kids and taxpayers from the devastating toll of tobacco use by increasing the state cigarette tax by $1.60 to $4.35 per pack. This increase will give New York the highest cigarette tax in the nation and [...]
Health Sciences bans tobacco use
West Virginia University Health Sciences Campus is now tobacco free, marking the first of WVU’s campuses to join tobacco-free efforts. The decision came after the University’s Board of Governors approved a policy banning smoking on the Health Science Center Campus Friday at its meeting in Charleston. The approval came because of “widespread” support from employees [...]
Six years after the ban, plenty are still lighting up
Time was we used to mark the anniversary of the smoking ban in Ireland. Now March 29 passes without remark and we take for granted that historic day in 2004 when lighting up was outlawed in all public places. Recently Irish researchers, led by Prof Cecily Kelleher of UCD, linked the ban in Ireland, and [...]
State ban on smoking in public places upheld
A state district court has upheld the constitutionality of Iowa’s Smokefree Air Act, which bans smoking in most public places. Judge Mary Ann Brown, in a 32-page decision made public Thursday, affirmed the findings of state alcoholic beverage regulators who revoked the liquor license of Otis Campbell’s, a bar in West Burlington. Quantcast “There is [...]
A Total Smoking Ban is Necessary
Doctors have forewarned that anything else than a total prohibition on smoking especially in public places is inadmissible if the country wish to fight the bad effects of cigarettes smoke. A lot of young people are being cured for smoking-related lung diseases. However this disease can’t be stopped, because people continue to smoke more and [...]
Tobacco duty ‘must rise’ to reflect cost of smoking to society
A leading think tank has recommended a five per cent rise in tobacco taxation in the next Budget to reflect the high cost of smoking to society. In its latest report, entitled ‘Cough up‘, Policy Exchange reveals that the Treasury receives £10 billion per year from tobacco taxation. But this figure is lower than the [...]
Lawmakers OK $1 per pack cigarette tax hike
The Utah Legislature has given final approval to a $1 per pack increase to the state’s cigarette tax, sending the measure to Gov. Gary Herbert, whose opposition to a tax increase this session will be tested. Sen. Allen Christensen, R-Ogden, who has been fighting for years to raise Utah’s cigarette tax, said he can’t speak [...]
Ban the e-cigarettes Before they Become a Trend Among Teenagers
The concept of e-cigarettes was initiated to help people who intend to quit smoking. For this purpose, the e-cigarettes have been made readily available on internet with tobacco, strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla flavors and are made accessibly legal for the minors as well. But teenagers of New Hampshire are opposing the technological cigarette smoking as [...]
Raising Tobacco Taxes is Dumb
Isn’t it interesting how every time a state government is in fiscal trouble that the first thing they decide to do is to raise taxes on the sale of tobacco? Somehow, legislators have it in their heads that the only people who might be upset by raising the cost of tobacco are smokers. And, since [...]
Expert calls for total smoking ban
Anindo Banerjee, 41, respiratory specialist at Southampton General Hospital, said even though there is a ban on lighting up in public, cigarettes continue to be a major health problem and not just for older generations. He called for a total ban on cigarettes on the eve of No Smoking Day. Mr Banerjee said he is [...]
Health officials push for cigarette tax
SOUTH CAROLINA, SC – The South Carolina Tobacco Collaborative, a group of public health organizations across the state, are working to reduce the toll of tobacco in South Carolina. On Wednesday they will hold a news conference to talk about their efforts to raise the state cigarette tax and the importance of dedicating funds to [...]
Smoking ban makes good sense
Smoking has been recognised as a serious medical problem and, in the last 40 years, has been linked irrefutably to many serious diseases of various tissues, including cancer, heart disease, gangrene of lower limbs, stroke and lung disease. Cigarette smoking also increases the complications of diabetes and hypertension. Tobacco use is the second leading cause [...]
Health Organizations Raise Issue Of Higher Cigarette Taxes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Several public health organizations, like the American Cancer Society, have asked Tennessee lawmakers to explore the possibility of raising the state’s cigarette tax. “It’s a public health issue,” said John Chiaramonte of the American Cancer Society. Chiaramonte said an increased cigarette tax could help the state lawmakers make ends meet during a [...]
Health Department bans staff smoke breaks
A ban on federal Health Department employees taking cigarette breaks has been criticised as a heavy-handed measure that may be difficult to legally enforce. From February 1, employees will be banned from smoking during work hours or ”when representing the department in any capacity”, according to a memo sent to staff at Christmas. Staff will [...]
