Sentences with phrase «cigarette tax revenues»

Over the past 15 years, the state began using money from cigarette tax revenues to fund HCRA programs too.

so now they fire the cigarette tax revenue man; hire a $ 125,000 month OTB head and veto the needs of New Yorkers during tough economic times and all because he was «insulted» that Ravitch didn't kiss up to him... IMPEACH PATERSON.

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.

«If we substitute a tax on marijuana cigarettes equal to the difference between the local production cost and the street price people currently pay — that is, transfer the revenue from the current producers and marketers (many of whom work with organized crime) to the government, leaving all other marketing and transportation issues aside we would have revenue of (say) $ 7 per [unit].

In exchange, the Oneidas will give 25 percent of its casino's net revenue to the state, agree to a permanent cap of about 25,000 acres of land, and apply sales tax on cigarettes and gasoline.

Officials did not immediately have an estimate on how much smoking costs the city or how much tax revenue cigarette taxes generate.

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 next round of budget extender bills will include nearly $ 440 million dollars in projected revenue from cigarette taxes and the collection of taxes on tobacco products on Native American reservations.

Casino gaming revenues and taxes on cigarettes have been mounting issues in recent years for Native Americans in the Western New York region.

Advocates for higher cigarette taxes cheered the proposal, saying it would cut down on smoking, provide the state with badly needed revenue and discourage cigarette smokers from switching one tobacco product for another.

What will help during this economic crisis, she says, is Ohio's new cigarette tax, with 30 percent of revenue earmarked for the arts.

The board will have the authority to sell bonds to pay for the renovations and will collect revenue raised by local hotel / motel, liquor and cigarette taxes.

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).