Excise Tax
TALKING POINTS
Higher 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