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[New York] LETTER: Tobacco does not promote healthy families
Dollar General and Family Dollar are entities that cater to those who look to save money by spending less. But now that they are selling cigarettes, does this not speak volumes about their focus on profit, not the health and well-being of their customers?
Apr 29, 2013
Gloversville (NY) Leader-Herald
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Apr 29, 2013 13:54
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[West Virginia] Up in smoke: tobacco users could see much higher premiums next
Under the Affordable Care Act ... the wellness program threshold changed from 20 percent to 30 percent. Then, the IRS gave the authority to the U.S. Department of the Treasury to increase the smoking premium up to 50 percent. ... West Virginia's elevated
Apr 23, 2013
Charleston (WV) State Journal
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Apr 23, 2013 14:15
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[New York] Report: More tobacco retailers in low-income neighborhoods
A state study released Monday shows that tobacco retailers are more prevalent in neighborhoods with higher proportions of minority and low-income New Yorkers. The report from the state Department of Health examined the relationship between demographics
Apr 22, 2013
New York Journal News
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Apr 23, 2013 13:10
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CHALOUPKA: American Journal of Preventive Medicine - Maximizing the Public Health Impact of Alcohol and Tobacco Taxes
The concept of affordability has gained more attention in tobacco control, with the WHO recommending that governments “increase tobacco taxes by enough to reduce the affordability of tobacco products” in order to achieve health objectives... Strong minimu
Apr 22, 2013
Science Direct
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Apr 22, 2013 13:21
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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
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Cheap tobacco lights up controversy in Jordan
Tobacco companies blame smuggling for falling cigarette prices, but health groups say these claims are puffed up. ... cigarettes in Jordan actually became cheaper in early 2013 when tobacco companies cut prices by about 25 percent, putting the government
Apr 19, 2013
Al-Jazeera (qt)
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Apr 19, 2013 13:06
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Understanding tobacco industry pricing strategy and whether it undermines tobacco tax policy: the example of the UK cigarette market
Industry-initiated cigarette price changes in the UK appear timed to accentuate the price gap between premium and ULP brands. Increasing the prices of more expensive cigarettes on top of tobacco tax increases should benefit public health, but the growing
Apr 16, 2013
Addiction
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Apr 18, 2013 12:00
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[Canada, UK] How British tobacco firms stay one step ahead of the regulator
A new British study is a case in point. It found that tobacco firms in Britain fiddled with cigarette prices as a way of sabotaging public-health efforts to reduce smoking.
Apr 18, 2013
Globe and Mail (ca)
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Apr 18, 2013 11:25
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Tobacco companies keep people smoking despite UK cigarette tax increases
But when the UK government has been raising cigarette taxes to increase prices and deter smoking, tobacco companies have been absorbing the tax increases on their ultra-low-price (ULP) brands to keep their prices low. As a result, real ULP cigarette price
Apr 16, 2013
ScienceDaily
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Apr 17, 2013 13:20
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Tobacco Industry Rolls Out False Claims Against Increasing Tobacco Tax to Protect Kids
Their claims are false. Experience shows that tobacco tax increases are a reliable and predictable source of revenue for governments. Also, because low-income communities have higher smoking rates, they gain the most from smoking declines caused by highe
Apr 16, 2013
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Apr 17, 2013 08:58