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Victory in the Philippines: President Signs Historic Cigarette Tax Increase

President Benigno Aquino has signed a new law that will significantly increase cigarette taxes. This new law will help reduce tobacco's deadly toll in the Philippines, where 28 percent of the population smokes - including nearly half of all men - and mor
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Dec 27, 2012 05:22
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HENIGAN: IT WAS DONE ON TOBACCO. IT CAN BE DONE ON GUNS.

I now work in the tobacco control movement and one parallel to guns is striking. A key turning point on the tobacco issue was the revelation that the tobacco companies were deliberately acting to addict our children to a lethal product. When the welfare
Huffington Post (blog)
added Dec 21, 2012 07:59
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Zero Dollars for Prevention Risks More Teen Smokers in North Carolina - Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Of the states, North Carolina is one of the worst offenders. This year, North Carolina lawmakers eliminated funding for the state's highly successful tobacco prevention and cessation program. North Carolina will collect $433 million in tobacco revenues,
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Dec 17, 2012 14:39
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Countdown to Kick Butts Day 2013

New website makes it even easier to participate
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Dec 12, 2012 21:59
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[Rhode Island] Federal Court Upholds Providence, RI, Measures to Reduce Tobacco Sales to Kids

Judge Lisi found that Providence's restrictions are reasonable regulations of the sales -- not the marketing -- of tobacco products and serve the city's legitimate goal of reducing smoking and other tobacco use, especially among kids. She rejected argume
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Dec 12, 2012 12:54
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[North Carolina] Groups: State should restore spending for tobacco-prevention programs

A coalition of public-health advocacy groups took North Carolina’s elected leaders to task Thursday for keeping the funding spigot cut off for tobacco-prevention programs. The coalition issues an annual national report on tobacco-prevention funding that
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
added Dec 9, 2012 15:35
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National Report: North Carolina Ranks Last in Protecting Kids from Tobacco

PR Newswire
added Dec 6, 2012 12:02
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[New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington] Take Action

New York Advocates to Legislators: Show us the money! The 2012 "Broken Promise to Our Children" report shows that New York spends less than 1% of the $2.3 billion in revenue New York is projected to receive from tobacco taxes and the tobacco settlement
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Dec 6, 2012 11:45
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States Cut Antismoking Outlays Despite Record Tobacco Revenue

Faced with tight budgets, states have spent less on tobacco prevention over the past two years than in any period since the national tobacco settlement in 1998, despite record high revenues from the settlement and tobacco taxes, according to a report to
New York Times
added Dec 6, 2012 10:19
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Broken Promises to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Fourteen Years Later (PDF)

A Report on the States’ Allocation of the Tobacco Settlement Dollars
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Dec 6, 2012 10:00
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