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State Tobacco Tax Increases: Explanations and Sources for Projections of New Revenues & Benefits
STATE TOBACCO TAX INCREASES: EXPLANATIONS AND SOURCES FOR PROJECTIONS OF NEW REVENUES & BENEFITS The economic model developed jointly by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (TFK), the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), and Economics for Health [1] (housed at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) projects the increase in state revenues, public health benefits, and health care cost savings resulting from increases in state cigarette tax rates. The projections are updated annually. Calculations are based on economic ...
Investment in Tobacco Control: Protect CDC's Office on Smoking and Health
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) calls on Congress to support a sustained level of funding of $310 million for tobacco control and reject the elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health ...