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NEWS ABOUT: cigarette tax

cigarette tax stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Australians may be coughing up $20 for a pack of cigarettes if officials approve a new anti-smoking plan, the Age reports. The proposal, designed to cut Aussie smoking by a third, would ban all tobacco sponsorship and online sales, devote 95% of cigarette packaging to graphic health warnings, and tax... More »

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Australia • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • cigarette tax

OPINION

Tobacco Bill's Winners: Philip Morris, Lawyers

We're smoking less because it's dumb, not because of policy: Will

Jun 18, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama might have praised Congress' tobacco bill, but for George F. Will, the new legislation gives just two muscular groups reason to celebrate: Philip Morris and "the Democratic Party's fountain of funds, the trial bar." New restrictions on cigarette advertising will help Philip Morris vault over competitors,... More »

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smoking • tobacco • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • cigarette tax • trial lawyers • cigarette

 SF Smokers May 
 Have to Cough Up 
 for Butt Cleanup 

Mayor proposes hefty tax hike to make smokers cover litter removal

May 19, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco's mayor believes non-smokers shouldn't have to cover the costs of cleaning up cigarette butts, the New York Times reports. Gavin Newsom has proposed a 33-cent tax on each pack of cigarettes sold, which he says will cover the $10 million a year it costs to pick up after... More »

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California • San Francisco • tobacco • littering • Gavin Newsom • cigarette tax • cigarette • cigarette sales

Big Tobacco Suffers Big Setbacks in DC

Despite massive lobbying, regulation looks likely to pass

Apr 14, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - After years of winning its fights in Washington, Big Tobacco is steeling itself for a major defeat: Not only did Congress pass an excise tax hike of 62 cents a pack of cigarettes, which went into effect this week, but the House voted overwhelmingly to submit the industry to FDA... More »

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FDA • North Carolina • Virginia • Phillip Morris • Altria • tobacco companies • cigarette tax • Big Tobacco

Smokers Gasp at Highest
Tax Hike Ever

They're hit twice as companies boost their profits, too

Apr 1, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Smokers are feeling pinched by today's 62-cent hike in the federal cigarette tax, the biggest ever. Federal taxes now top $1 per pack, CNN reports. At the same time, manufacturers and retailers have raised prices to boost dwindling profits. "They're picking on smokers," an 83-year-old said of the... More »

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taxes • smoking • SCHIP • tobacco companies • cigarette tax • President Obama

 Utah Considers Caffeine Tax 

Legislators consider tithing both soda and coffee

Mar 13, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - After seeing multiple proposals to raise the tax on cigarettes fail, one Utah legislator has set his sights on another addictive substance: caffeine. Rep. Craig Frank has initiated a yearlong study on the impact of such a tax, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. If it can fly anywhere, Utah might... More »

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taxes • coffee • caffeine • Utah • soda • cigarette tax • cigarette • Bill Maher Grid

 NYC Cigs 
 Hit a Smokin' 
 $10 a Pack 

Advocates hope 62-cent federal tax will reduce deaths, costs

Feb 8, 09 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Smokers in New York City will soon be shelling out $10 for a pack of cigarettes, the New York Post reports. Lawmakers plan to pay for the new Children’s Health Insurance Program law with a 62-cent federal tax on cigarettes, pushing the NYC price to a 10-spot—the nation’... More »

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New York City • smoking • cigarettes • children's health care • State Children's Health Insurance Program • cigarette tax

Obama Signs Kids' Health Bill

SCHIP extension,
twice vetoed by Bush, brings care to 4M, adds 62¢ to cigarette tax

Feb 4, 09 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama today signed into law a measure that will bring health care to an estimated 4 million children, CNN reports. The $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a move twice vetoed by President Bush, will be financed by adding 62¢ per pack to the... More »

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SCHIP • children's health care • cigarette tax • George W. Bush • President Obama

Senate Passes Children's Health Insurance Bill

Expansion of health insurance for low-income kids passes over GOP objections

Jan 30, 09 6:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate has passed a $32.8 billion bill to dramatically expand children's health insurance, the Washington Post reports. The State Children's Health Insurance Program will now cover 11 million low-income children, up from 7 million. The bill, which will be funded by an extra 61-cent tax on every packet... More »

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health insurance • Senate • Senate Republicans • children's health care • State Children's Health Insurance Program • cigarette tax • Obama administration

OPINION

 Tax Soda: It's the New Tobacco 

Less obese, less diabetic America just a couple of laws away

Dec 18, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The cigarette tax "was the biggest health care breakthrough in the last 40 years in the United States," and its successor may be the 18% tax on non-diet soda New York Gov. David Patterson is pitching, writes Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. Not only... More »

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obesity • taxes • tobacco • soda • cigarette tax • David Paterson • Nicholas Kristof • soda tax

Calif. Closer
to Expanding Health Care

Assembly OKs $14B plan that mandates coverage for millions

Dec 18, 07 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The lower house of the California legislature yesterday approved a $14.4 billion bill to expand health care to millions of residents, a move analysts say could spark similar actions nationwide, the Los Angeles Times reports. But first skeptical state senators and voters must weigh in. The plan would require... More »

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California • health insurance • taxes • Arnold Schwarzenegger • universal health care • cigarette tax

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