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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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