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Press Release: Massachusetts advocates praise tobacco tax increase
... Vote Increases Tobacco Taxes – Will Help Prevent Another Tobacco Addicted Generation American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Celebrates $1 Cigarette Tax Increase and Increases in Tax on Other Tobacco Products (Boston, MA) – July 24, 2013 – The Massachusetts House and Senate voted today to override Governor Deval Patrick’s veto of the $500 million transportation finance bill which includes an increase in the state’s tobacco taxes. The bill will raise the cigarette tax by $1 to $3.51, raise the tax on cigars from 30 percent of wholesale to 40 percent of wholesale, and raises the tax on other tobacco products (OTP) from 90 percent of wholesale to 210 percent of ...
August 2017 State Update
ACS CAN Massachusetts will be focusing on a variety of issues in the 2017-2018 Legislative Session. Below is an update on those that have had movement in the past month: While the legislature is still in session in August, we don’t expect movement on any of our issues until after Labor Day. However, ACS CAN will continue to monitor legislative activity and take action as needed. Comprehensive ...
January 2018 State Update
ACS CAN Massachusetts is focusing on a variety of issues in the 2017-2018 Legislative Session. Below is an update on those that have had movement in the past month. Tobacco Bill Status Comprehensive tobacco control legislation which would increase the age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 21, prohibit sales of tobacco in pharmacies, add electronic-cigarettes to the state’s smoke-free ...
June 2017 State Update
State Updates ACS CAN Massachusetts will be focusing on the following issues in the 2017-2018 Legislative Session: Comprehensive Youth Tobacco Prevention: Comprehensive tobacco control legislation which would increase the age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 21, prohibit sales of tobacco in pharmacies, add electronic-cigarettes to the state’s smoke-free ... Drug Formularies: As consumers are asked to be more savvy health care shoppers, they can only do so with accurate information. While the cost of a drug varies significantly depending on the source, consumers who are increasingly facing co-insurance (rather than a fixed co-pay) must ...
TOBACCO PURCHASING AGE WOULD RISE TO 21 UNDER SENATE-APPROVED BILL
... cut down youth tobacco use and nicotine addiction. The bill, compiled by the Joint Committee on Public Health based on several separate pieces of legislation, also bans pharmacies and health care institutions from selling tobacco products and prohibits the use of electronic cigarettes in places where smoking is already banned. "This bill is also very meaningful to me," said Sen. Cynthia Creem, a Newton ... on our behalf, wearing the uniform, picking up a gun, doing what they need to do and obeying orders to protect us that, you know what, you can't smoke today," Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry said during debate on the amendment. Opponents of the measure countered that military officials are ...
January 2018 Federal Update
Tax Bill’s Repeal of Health Mandate Threatens Patient Access On Dec. 20, Congress approved a final tax bill that repeals the individual mandate – the provision in ... rare conditions, including many cancers. It also preserves the medical expense deduction for those who incur high medical costs. ACS CAN Submits Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waivers Over the past year, several states have ... Unfortunately, funding for FQHCs comes from the Prevention and Public Health Fund which provides critical public health dollars to CDC at a cost of $750 million. ACS CAN will continue to call on Congress to come to an agreement on a budget deal, increase funding for the National ...
SENATE PREPARING FOR VOTE TO RAISE TOBACCO PURCHASING AGE
... lawmakers this session, the Joint Committee on Public Health put together a bill (S 2152) dubbed "An Act to protect youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction" that is now before the Senate Ways and Means Committee and slated to hit the Senate floor in formal session on ... described the bill's three main provisions -- a three-year increase in the age for tobacco sales, a ban on sales in pharmacies and the addition of e-cigarettes to the state's anti-smoking laws -- as "proven strategies for reducing nicotine addiction among young people." "I think we will ... is more important than being seen as a health care institution," Kearney said. "So to them, they're competing with other retailers, and if they can't have a certain product on their shelf that others can, that's a competitive disadvantage to them." Supporters of higher smoking ages say that ...