Excise Tax

Sign the online Resolution in Support of an Increase in NC's Cigarette Tax by $1.00

TALKING POINTS 

Talking Points: Higher Cigarette Taxes Save Lives

Talking Points: Why NC Needs a Cigarette Stamp

NC Tax Hike Benefits

NC Other Tobacco Products Tax Equity Proposal

June 2009 Poll on the Excise Tax

The Case for High-Tech Cigarette Tax Stamps

Map Showing State Cigarette Tax Rates

State Cigarette Excise Tax Rates and Rankings

Cigarette Tax Rates (cents per pack)

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Talking Points on Raising NC Tax by $1.00

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids Talking Points on Equitably Taxing Other Tobacco Products (OTP)


MEDIA

2010 Media

May 17, 2010 NC Alliance for Health News Release in Response to Chaloupka Report

May 17, 2010  A Significant Cigarette Tax Rate Increase in North Carolina Would Produce a Large, Sustained Increase in State Tobacco Tax Revenues

May 17, 2010 The Charlotte Observer
S.C. right to raise tobacco tax by $.50- North Carolina dime hike last year was paltry in comparison


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