Sentences with phrase «raise cigarette taxes»

Rhode Island $ 3.46 Connecticut $ 3.00 * Hawaii $ 2.80 New York $ 2.75 New Jersey $ 2.70 Georgia $ 0.37 Louisiana $ 0.36 Virginia $ 0.30 Missouri $ 0.17 S. Carolina $ 0.07 * effective July 1, 2010 Source: The Tax Foundation «As far as we can tell, it's not a done deal, but the governor and Assembly leadership appear to be committed to (raising the cigarette tax),» said James Calvin, president of the state Association of Convenience Stores.

He questioned plans to eliminate a property tax credit for many middle - income homeowners, raise the cigarette tax and sweep $ 64 million from a clean energy fund.

A version of this article appears in print on June 19, 2010, on Page A14 of the New York edition with the headline: State Leaders Agree on Proposal to Raise Cigarette Tax by $ 1.60 a Pack.

By raising cigarette taxes and strengthening clean indoor air laws, states may not only reduce health detriments related to smoking, but also those related to drinking.»

The organizations» leadership thought other policies offered more promising ways to reduce smoking such as by raising cigarette taxes, imposing more severe restrictions on indoor smoking, and controlling tobacco marketing.

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.

Simply allowing the city to raise its cigarette tax in order to boost school funding.

Cigarette death toll from World Health Organization, «Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD),» fact sheet (Geneva: November 2006); Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, «Top Combined State - Local Cigarette Tax Rates,» fact sheet (Washington, DC: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, 1 July 2007); Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids, «Raising Cigarette Taxes Reduces Smoking, Especially Among Kids (And the Cigarette Companies Know It),» fact sheet (Washington, DC: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, 11 June 2007).

Not exact matches

The Liberals are also spending $ 80.5 million over five years starting this year to reduce tobacco use, particularly in Indigenous communities, and raising taxes on cigarettes by $ 1 per carton.

Hey, and then we can get the anti-smoking crowd off the backs of the smokers when they state that they want to raise the taxes on cigarettes so that adult smokers will want to stop smoking.

It didn't take long for them to RAISE TAXES on cigarettes once again yet these Morons have NO common sense on Marijuana.

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

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who called the governor's presentation «sobering,» did not object to plans to raise taxes on health insurers, electronic cigarette users and prescription opioid patients.

Another bitter side - dish next week may well include a $ 1 a pack hike on cigarettes, raising to $ 2.75 per pack the state excise tax on butts, the source said.

A pack of cigarettes now costs more than $ 5 on average — with some states tacking on additional taxes that raise the price even more.

Since 2002, 48 states and DC have seen cigarette taxes raised cumulatively more than 130 times.

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.

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.

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.

Philip Morris raises its cigarette prices whenever taxes increase.

Correction to # 105: It's no good pretending that a substantial part of the attraction of [cigarette taxes] to governments, is not that it gives them an easy excuse to raise taxes.

It was gradually established that smoking prevalence could be reduced by raising the tax on cigarettes, and by banning tobacco advertising.

We raised the City's tax on cigarettes steeply.

Now that these costs have been calculated, they can be used to set tax rates on gasoline, just as the CDC analysis is being used to raise taxes on cigarettes.

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Do you think the Left actually believe no one ever stopped smoking until the sin tax on cigarettes was raised from 50 cents to $ 5 / pack?

We can raise the price of cigarettes through taxes, which is known to reduce demand, especially among young people who are the industry's reservoir of future addicts to their legal product.

Among other things, the treaty calls for raising taxes on cigarettes, limiting smoking in public places, and strong health warnings on cigarette packages.