Updates matching "Tobacco Taxes"

The Pennsylvania state legislature approved a 25-cent tobacco tax increase as part of the state budget. As of November 1, the new tax is $1.60. The tax is now also being applied to cigarillos, which were previously untaxed.

NEWS from the American Cancer Society For media inquiries, contact: Angela Pause Smith – 518.454.4039 (office) or 518.339.6339 (cell) [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2009 COLLECTING THE TOBACCO TAX WILL SAVE LIVES, GENERATE NEEDED DOLLARS Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society

Voters in Haines, Alaska passed a ballot measure ratifying the comprehensive smoke-free ordinance passed by their Assembly last year. The ordinance, which includes bars and private clubs, will go into effect by January 4, 2010. In Juneau, Alaska, voters passed a ballot measure to increase the city's tobacco tax from

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