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North Dakota Voters Reject Tobacco Tax Increase
... as a result kids and veterans become the losers. Taxpayers pay a price as well. Measure 4 would have saved nearly $250 million annually in health care costs and generated an estimated $147 million per biennium in new revenue. An estimated 1,000 North Dakotans die each year from ... e-cigarettes. Raising tobacco taxes is a proven way to prevent kids from ever starting, encourage current tobacco users to quit, and reduce health care costs. North Dakota's tobacco tax has not been raised since 1993. At just 44 cents per pack of cigarettes, it is ranked 47th in the ...
North Dakota Gets Mixed Reviews on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... session.” How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increase access to care through Medicaid, funding for screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...