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A Win-Win Solution for Ohio's Health and Economy: Raise the Tobacco Tax to Fund Economic Stimulus and Preserve Tobacco Prevention Programs
April 2008
Report recommends increasing state tobacco taxes to fund a proposed economic stimulus plan instead of raiding tobacco prevention funds. In addition to raising revenue, the tobacco tax alternative would reduce smoking, save lives and save health care dollars, while the proposed raid of tobacco prevention funds would have the opposite effect, the report finds.
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Tobacco Tax Benefits for Massachusetts: Reducing Smoking, Saving Lives, and Saving Money
April 2008
Report finds that increasing Massachusetts's cigarette tax by $1 per pack would dramatically reduce youth smoking, help smokers quit, reduce tobacco-related health care costs, and save tens of thousands of lives.
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Tobacco Tax Benefits for Maryland: Reducing Smoking, Saving Lives, and Saving Money
October 2007
Report finds that increasing Maryland's cigarette tax by $1 per pack would dramatically reduce youth smoking, help smokers quit, reduce tobacco-related health care costs, and save tens of thousands of lives.
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Tobacco Tax Benefits for Oregon: Reducing Smoking, Saving Lives, and Saving Money
October 2007
Report finds that increasing Oregon's cigarette tax by 84.5 cents a pack would dramatically reduce youth smoking, help smokers quit, reduce tobacco-related health care costs, and save tens of thousands of lives.
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Tobacco Tax Choices for Wisconsin: Continue Subsidizing Smoking or Save Lives and Save Money?
July 2007
Report finds that increasing Wisconsin's cigarette tax by $1.25 a pack would dramatically reduce youth smoking, help smokers quit, reduce tobacco-related health care costs, and save tens of thousands of lives.
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Tobacco Tax Choices For South Carolina: Continue Subsidizing Smoking Or Reduce Smoking, Save Lives, And Cut Costs?
April 2007
South Carolina is Failing to Keep Up with the Rest of the States In Using the State Cigarette Tax to Save Lives, Improve Public Health, Raise Revenue and Reduce Government and Private Sector Costs.
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North Carolina's Cigarette Tax is Way Below Average (the Lowest in the Nation)
June 2005
When It Comes to Using Tobacco Taxes to Raise Needed Revenue, Save Lives, Improve Public Health, and Reduce Government and Private Sector Costs, North Carolina is Failing to Keep Up with the Rest of the States. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Special Report, June 9, 2005.
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Indiana's Cigarette Tax Is Below Average
April 2005
When It Comes to Using Tobacco Taxes to Raise Needed Revenue, Save Lives, Improve Public Health, and Reduce Government and Private Sector Costs, Indiana is Failing to Keep Up with the Rest of the States. A special report by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, April 25, 2005.
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The Fiscal and Economic Impacts of Increasing the Cigarette Tax in Virginia
April 2004
Report by Brian Gottlob, PolEcon Research. Shows that raising the Virginia cigarette tax substantially will raise revenues, save jobs or create new ones, and not harm retailers that sell cigarettes.
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Study Shows Southern States Would Raise Far More Revenue Than They Lose By Increasing Cigarette Taxes to National Average
September 2003
View study: Impact of Cigarette Excise Tax Increases in Low-Tax Southern States on Cigarette Sales, Cigarette Excise Tax Revenue, Tax Evasion and Economic Activity (prepared by RTI International for the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health)
Campaign Factsheet: Benefits of Raising the Cigarette Tax in Nine Southern States to Meet the National Average
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Study Shows Revenue Gains from State Cigarette Tax Increases Far Outweigh Any Losses From Smoking Declines, Tax Avoidance
May 2003
View study State Cigarette Excise Taxes: Implications for Revenue and Tax Evasion (prepared by RTI International for the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health)
Campaign Release: Study Shows Revenue Gains from State Cigarette Tax Increases Far Outweigh Any Losses From Smoking Declines, Tax Avoidance (May 15, 2003)
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The Fiscal and Economic Impacts of Increasing the Cigarette Tax in New Hampshire
March 2003
Report by Brian Gottlob, PolEcon Research. Shows that raising the New Hampshire cigarette tax substantially will raise revenues, save jobs or create new ones, and not harm retailers that sell cigarettes.
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Maryland State Comptroller's Report on State Cigarette Tax Increases and Retailer Revenues
January 2003
This report finds no evidence that Maryland's June 1, 2002 cigarette tax increase to $1.00 per pack had any measurable impact on the gross revenues of retailers located within 30 miles of the state's borders, despite lower cigarette tax rates among Maryland's neighboring states. The report also concludes that "there is no reason to conclude that there is necessarily any correlation between the cigarette tax rate and total retail sales in the study area."
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Effects of Price on Smoking Among Pregnant Women
October 2001
Campaign Release: New Study Shows Cigarette Tax Increases Are Very Effective at Reducing Smoking Among Pregnant Women
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program Release: Study Finds Increased Cigarette Taxes Deter Pregnant Women From Smoking, Even Those With High Smoking Rates
Study: Cigarette Tax Increases Reduce Smoking by Pregnant Women
Factsheet: Harm Caused by Pregnant Women Smoking or Being Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
Factsheet: Pregnancy-Related Benefits & Cost Savings from Raising Cigarette Taxes (Table of State-Specific Data)
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Effects of Price on Youth Smoking
April 2001
Campaign Release: New Study Proves Higher Cigarette Prices Prevent Teens from Becoming Smokers
Study: Effects of Price and Access Laws on Teenage Smoking Initiation: A National Longitudinal Analysis (available from ImpacTeen)
ImpacTeen Release: Higher Cigarette Prices Keep Kids From Starting to Smoke
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Other Reports on Cigarette Prices and Taxes
Community Catalyst Report - Using Tobacco Taxes to Support Medicaid: A Win-Win Scenario, November 2003.
Community Catalyst Report - An Ounce of Prevention: Tobacco Control Saves Lives, Saves Money, November 2003.
Community Catalyst Report - Coverage Matters: Why the Decline in Medicaid and Private Insurance is Putting People with Tobacco-Related Illnesses At Risk, November 2003
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