Sentences with phrase «cigarette tax increases»

Under Armey, FreedomWorks consistently took the tobacco industry's side by opposing cigarette tax increases.

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.

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.

First, in 2009 there was an increase in federal tobacco tax.35 The national cigarette tax increased by 158 %, resulting in an immediate reduction in cigarette uptake among US adolescents.35 In our study we found a small but statistically significant increase in quit attempts among US adults, from 39.9 % in 2006 - 07 to 41.4 % in 2010 - 11 (fig 2, top panel).

AG Andrew Cuomo opposes the soda tax and the cigarette tax increase as a means to close the budget deficit.

A cigarette tax increase has been opposed by tobacco retailers, however, who say it merely drives consumers to black market cigarettes.

May 29, 2013 Rush Holt supports cigarette tax increase to fund national preschool program, The Trentonian

In 2005, FreedomWorks opposed a cigarette tax increase in Cook County, Illinois.

Armey also opposed a cigarette tax increase in Maine in 2011.

In 2006, Armey and FreedomWorks opposed a cigarette tax increase in Hawaii.

Not exact matches

As someone who likes the sea levels where they are, I find taxing greenhouse gas emissions compelling, like taxing cigarettes, which reduced smoking, extended lives, and increased revenues.

Plain cigarette packaging could lead to fewer smokers, but fewer smokers would mean a significant drop in revenue, requiring other taxes to increase or government spending to decrease.

While some of the rise in inflation over the past year or so reflects increases in the price of oil and tax - related increases in the cost of insurance, house purchase and cigarettes and tobacco, the pick - up in inflation has been quite broadly based (Table 12).

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.

Every time we jack up the tax on tobacco, we are hugely increasing the value of contraband cigarettes to global organized crime.

The $ 1.60 - per pack increase is arguably the most palatable of any possible increase since it's what's known as a «sin tax,» but the collection of taxes of cigarettes sold on Indian land could pose a problem.

u An $ 1.60 increase in the state cigarette tax, raising the total to a prohibitive $ 3.40 per pack — highest in the nation.

But as smoking declines and illegal cigarette smuggling increases, the revenue from cigarette taxes is expected to wane.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York City Corporation Counsel Zachary Carter are seeking $ 180 million from Atlanta - based UPS, saying the cheap cigarettes increased smoking by New Yorkers while also costing $ 29.7 million in lost tax revenue.

The options in Democratic Governor Malloy's plan include increases to the cigarette, sales and real estate conveyance taxes.

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.

Also, lawmakers also discuss the budget, road funding, and the Senate Republicans decision not to increase cigarette taxes to help cover the costs of Medicaid.

-- 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.

But it is unclear whether there are enough votes to approve the plan in the State Senate, where Republicans have threatened to vote against any emergency budget bill that includes tax increases and some Democrats oppose efforts to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by the tribes.

Fayetteville, NY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he opposes taxing soda, increasing taxes on cigarettes or borrowing money to solve the state's $ 9 billion budget deficit.

This includes increased taxes, putting tobacco out of sight in shops, getting rid of cigarette vending machines and most recently plain, standardised tobacco packaging.

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.

Raising cigarette taxes to combat smoking may increase the use of cigars and smokeless tobacco, such as chewing tobacco, in adolescents according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, involving 499,381 adolescents.

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.»

Anticipating that, more than 20 states passed legislation this year to increase their cigarette taxes, including the 17 whose assumption of the tax was contingent on its expiration at the federal...

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.

A study he commissioned also recommends increased taxes on «restaurants, hotels, cigarettes, and beer,» while «shift [ing] the major tax burden from companies and affluent individuals,» like Sinquefield.

The agency almost immediately banned the sale of certain flavored cigarettes, and then substantially increased the federal excise tax on cigarette sales.

There will be a $ 3 increase in the price of a carton of 200 cigarettes, effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, and the tobacco tax will keep rising at the rate of inflation each year over the next five years.

Due to blackmarket cigarettes in my opinion this won't increase tax revenues.

With a population more willing to pay taxes an increase in tax on cigarettes would be great (less smokers, more tax revenues).

Philip Morris raises its cigarette prices whenever taxes increase.

Via our old friend Tax Girl, I discovered that still - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford vetoed a bill to increase the state tax on a pack of cigarettes by 50 cenTax Girl, I discovered that still - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford vetoed a bill to increase the state tax on a pack of cigarettes by 50 centax on a pack of cigarettes by 50 cents.

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.