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Excise Tax


TALKING POINTS

PDFHigher Tobacco Taxes Save Lives


Public Health Benefits & Cost Savings from a $1.00 Cigarette Tax Increase in North Carolina


MEDIA

2009 Media


February 2009 - Benefits from a $1.00 cigarette tax increase (post-SCHIP federal tax increase) in North Carolina

January 2009 - Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids analyzes benefits from a $1.00 cigarette tax increase in North Carolina.



2008 Media

November 25, 2008
Anti-smoking group calls for $1 increase in cigarette tax

WRAL News
See the video of the news piece.  

May 21, 2008
Letter to the Editor (by Richard R. Rosen, MD)
Accomplish much by taxing cigarettes more
Greensboro News and Record



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