Updates matching "Tobacco Taxes"

The Connecticut legislature approved the state budget last week, which the governor allowed to go into effect over the weekend without her signature. The budget included a $1.00 increase in the cigarette tax which will go into effect on October 1, 2009, giving Connecticut the second highest cigarette tax rate

Today, Wednesday April 1, the Federal tobacco tax will increase $.62 bringing the total Federal tax to just over a dollar. The revenue raised from this tax icrease will fund the State Children's Health Insurance Plan or S-CHIP. The Bill was supported by the American Cancer Society and pushed forward

Sarah Shafir, State VP for Health Iniatives talks to NBC 30 about raising the tobacco tax. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3EnNdq26jI

ACS CAN, cancer advocates and children all won big yesterday. President Obama increased the federal tobacco tax to just over $1. Since 2002, 44 states have increased the tobacco tax more than 80 times. Now, thanks to the hard work of ACS CAN volunteers and others, we have done it