Sentences with phrase «cigarette tax increases for»

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On Monday, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau reported that cigarette shipments for the first half of 2015 have increased from the same period the previous year.

Some highlights of the budget include a 45 cent increase in the cigarette tax, a 25 cent fee on ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft, and a reduction of the state's earned income tax credit for low - income workers.

The Governor also talks about the proposed increase in the cigarette tax as an indirect way to plug the budget to help pay for road funding, early childhood education funding, as well as whether the Superintendent of Public Instruction will become an appointed position.

There's also an increase in the cigarette tax and a reduction in the earned income tax credit for the working poor.

-- With Florida facing a shrinking population for the first time since World War II, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and the GOP - controlled Legislature balanced a $ 5.9 billion shortfall with cuts, federal stimulus money and tax hikes, including a $ 1 - a-pack tax increase on cigarettes.

Relative to the status quo scenario, increasing cigarette taxes to 75 % of the package price was estimated to reduce smoking prevalence by almost 10 % for both males and females by 2015.

For their analysis, Vanderbilt and Michigan researchers used public data from 1999 to 2010 to determine the association of cigarette tax and price increases over time with infant mortality rates in the United States.

Particularly effective are those that «include hard - hitting anti-smoking media campaigns, smoke - free laws, increased taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products, state Quitlines, and funding for cessation medications and reimbursement for counseling.»

What started as a legislative attempt to raise money for Missouri's public schools by increasing the tax on cigarettes has developed into a political donnybrook that may ultimately yield relatively little for the schools.

Since the demand curve for cigarettes is relatively inelastic (people keep buying them no matter the price — within reason), the company can raise prices more than cigarette tax increases, and increase its margins in the process.

Under PM's Vice President of Corporate Affairs Ellen Merlo, the department was responsible for the formation of the smokers rights front group the National Smokers Alliance, a fake «grassroots» group set up to protest public smoking laws, cigarette tax increases and other public health measures.

Holt was unsure how officials will find funding for the universal preschool program for 4 - year - olds, but said he doesn't object to a measure proposed by Obama to increase cigarette taxes by roughly $ 1.