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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 36 Taxation |
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| | "This vice bring in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid |
| | it at once - as soon as you can name a virtue that brings in as much revenue." |
| | Napoleon III (1808-1873) (from Tobacco in History, p. 191) |
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| | Conclusions from the Canadian experience are that while public education can result |
| | in moderate declines in tobacco consumption, major declines can be achieved from |
| | advertising bans and increased taxation. |
| | American Journal of Public Health, July 1991, p. 902 |
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| | After a 25 cent per pack excise tax increase, smoking prevalence in California |
| | declined from 27% to 22% from 1987 to 1990, a 17% decline. |
| | Tobacco Use In California, p. 31 |
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| | North Carolina, where 56% of America's cigarettes are made, recently raised the |
| | per-pack tax from 2 to 5 cents. The number of tobacco farms there has fallen from |
| | 100,000 to 40,000 in the last decade, and poultry is now a bigger state business. |
| | George Will column, February 10, 1992 |
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| | An ABC/Washington Post Poll in May 1993 revealed that 65% of the American public |
| | supports raising the tobacco tax to $2 per pack. |
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