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The Impact of Tobacco Tax Increases on Low-Income Populations

January 5, 2021
PDF icon The Impact of Tobacco Tax Increases on Low Income Populations October 2020.pdf

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The Importance of Tax Parity for All Tobacco Products

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Increasing tobacco taxes is one of the best ways to reduce tobacco use. It is important that tax increases apply to all tobacco products at an equivalent rate to encourage people to quit rather than switch to a cheaper product as well as to prevent youth from starting to use any tobacco product.

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State Tobacco Tax Increases: Explanations and Sources for Projections of New Revenues & Benefits

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The economic model developed jointly by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (TFK), the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), and Tobacconomics  (a program of the University of Illinois at Chicago) projects the increase in state revenues, public health benefits, and health care cost savings resulting from increases in state cigarette tax rates.  

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