Jump to full article: Bismarck (ND) Tribune, 2009-07-07
Author: Brian Duggan
Intro: The cost of a pack of cigarettes could increase, more cities could enact smoke-free policies for public places and more schools could ban smoking on campus under a five-year anti-smoking plan unveiled today.
The plan was drafted by the Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Committee, which organized six months ago after voters approved its creation and funding last November under Measure 3.
Kathy Mangskau, who chairs the nine-member committee, said the five-year plan will seek to reduce youth smoking and prevent more from picking up the habit while helping addicted adult smokers to quit.
North Dakota levies a 44-cent excise tax on packs of cigarettes, which is about a dollar less than the tax levied in surrounding states. The committee is looking for support to raise that tax to $2 per pack by June 2013.
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