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GRIER: 4 Reasons Obama's Plan to Raise Tobacco Taxes Is a Bad Idea
1. Tobacco taxes are regressive. ... One may make the paternalistic argument that the tax makes some low-income smokers better off by forcing them to quit, but many who continue to smoke will be among those who can least afford it. 2. Smokers already
Apr 16, 2013
The Atlantic Monthly
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Apr 16, 2013 16:26
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[New York] PATRICK BASHAM & JOHN LUIK: The great cigarette-tax lie
New York’s highest-in-the-nation cigarette taxes are failing to drive down smoking rates; instead, they’re just putting a heavy extra burden on poor New Yorkers. A new study funded by the state’s Department of Health confirms these ugly facts.
Oct 9, 2012
New York Post
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Oct 12, 2012 16:14
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More Smokers in Iceland Switch to Loose Tobacco
Sales in loose tobacco in Iceland have increased by 34 percent during the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to data from the State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland (ÁTVR).
Oct 8, 2012
Iceland Review (is)
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Oct 8, 2012 18:45
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Philip Morris Serbia Starts Cut Tobacco Output on Demand
The cut tobacco is “a growing phenomenon in Serbia” and Philip Morris’ unit in Serbia will be the first factory in Europe, Middle East and Africa and the “fourth manufacturing facility that we have in the world to produce cut tobacco,” outgoing managing
Mar 5, 2013
Bloomberg News
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Mar 6, 2013 13:16
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Cigarette Tax Burdens Low-Income, Doesn't Deter Smoking
Higher cigarette taxes may be financially hurting low-income smokers rather than making them more likely to quit, according to a new survey by researchers at RTI International.
Sep 20, 2012
ABC News
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Oct 1, 2012 10:24
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[New York] The Consequences of High Cigarette Excise Taxes for Low-Income Smokers
Sep 12, 2012
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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Sep 20, 2012 14:50
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[New York] High Cigarette Taxes Disproportionately Burden Low-Income Families
* Low-income smokers in New York spend nearly a quarter of their household income on cigarettes * Smokers in the highest income group spend just 2 percent of their income on cigarettes
Sep 14, 2012
Research Triangle Institute / RTI International
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Sep 14, 2012 08:25
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New state laws ban drinking, smoking, gambling on welfare cash
A growing number of states are moving to ban welfare recipients from spending government cash on vices such as cigarettes and liquor.
Jul 10, 2012
Deseret News
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Jul 10, 2012 08:28
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[Australia] TV reality personality Lara Bingle tweets picture of children smoking stating 'poverty-stricken but still cool as f#*k'
Proving a little gung-ho on the "Twitter finger", reality starlet Lara Bingle produced one of her most misguided efforts yesterday with a photograph of two impoverished children smoking cigarettes - and with it, a rather curious caption.
Jun 28, 2012
Daily Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph (au)
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Jun 28, 2012 17:35
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Tobacco Challenges Piling Up
Among the concerns weighing in retailers' minds: * Dollar and drug stores have gotten more meaningfully involved in the tobacco category. * Cool weather, high gas prices and higher payroll taxes impacted the low-to-middle income consumer. * The relati
Apr 19, 2013
Convenience Store/Petroleum (CSPNet)
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Apr 19, 2013 13:56