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Wyoming Tribune Eagle calls for increase in tobacco tax

... Legislature has repeatedly rejected attempts in the past to raise the state’s excise tax on tobacco products. WE BELIEVE: For a variety of reasons, it is important for state legislators to pass a bill to raise the tobacco tax during the 2017 legislative session , which starts Jan. ... natural disaster affected Wyoming, state legislators would find the money to help residents recover. If, God forbid, Wyoming experienced a rash of school shootings, those same legislators would be calling for increased security measures and finding ways to fund them. Yet year after year, ... rate of 60 cents ties it for eighth lowest with Kentucky. Study after study – including this latest one – shows that raising such taxes can save lives, dramatically reduce high tobacco-related health-care costs and generate much-needed revenue. Sadly, that last benefit is where ...

Leading Health Groups Call for Bold Action To End the Tobacco Epidemic In the United States

WASHINGTON, DC - As the United States marks the 50 th anniversary of the first Surgeon General 's Report on Smoking and Health, seven leading public health and medical organizations today called for a new national commitment to end the tobacco epidemic for good. At a press conference today, the organizations called for bold action by all levels of government to achieve three goals: Reduce smoking rates, currently at about 18 percent, to less than 10 percent within 10 years; Protect all ... years; and 3) ultimately eliminate the death and disease caused by tobacco. Over the past 50 years, we have developed proven strategies that can achieve these goals if they are fully and effectively implemented.ξ These strategies include tobacco tax increases, comprehensive smoke-free ...

Raise It For Health DC: Tobacco Control Advocates Applaud Councilmember’s Proposed Cigarette Tax That Will Save Lives & Improve Health

A coalition of leading public health organizations praised Councilmember Vincent Gray’s proposal for increasing the District’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack and designating a portion of the revenue to critical tobacco prevention and cessation programs.  Experts say the measure will decrease youth smoking in the District by 21.1 percent. The Raise It For Health DC coalition includes the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Breathe DC, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, DC Fiscal Policy Institute and the March ...

"Return On Investment" Rally for Tobacco Prevention Funding Held at Roundhouse

... to bring attention to the need to re-invest in tobacco prevention, education and cessation programs.  Teens and college students were some of the several dozen advocates asking the public to sign dollar bill-shaped petitions urging lawmakers to renew their commitment to funding tobacco prevention in the state of New Mexico. Lawmakers received pictures of New Mexico youth holding signs that say "I am the Return on Investment."   In the final hours of the ... tobacco products including e-cigarettes .   “Right now, 40,000 New Mexico kids alive today will die prematurely from smoking. State lawmakers can change this statistic with fully funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs and increased tobacco taxes,” said ACS CAN New Mexico ...

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