Chapter 36 Taxation

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Massachusetts's voters approved a 25-cent a pack increase in the state cigarette tax

in 1992. The most extreme tactic used by the tobacco industry was a last-minute effort

to convince the state's anti-abortion voters that the tax revenue generated would be

used by the state to fund abortion referrals and to distribute condoms.

SCARC, November 8, 1992

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Despite severe budgetary problems, the state of Virginia in 1991 rejected a bill to tax

cigarettes at 20 cents a pack. Virginia's state tax has been 2 1/2 cents since 1966,

when it was reduced from 3 cents, and is the lowest of any state. The tobacco industry

convinced the state legislature that Philip Morris, Richmond's biggest employer,

might leave the state if the tax went through.

Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Spring 1993

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"...the fiscal sense of using taxes to shape public behavior. When people smoke, they

pass on costs to society - financial and physical strain on public health care, sick

leave, disability benefits, and lost productivity. By including those otherwise-unpaid

costs in the price of a pack of cigarettes, governments ensure that private decisions

about smoking take into account the full impact that smoking has on society."

World Watch magazine, September-October 1992 (Hal Kane)

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A survey of 19 industrialized countries showed that the US ranked last in level of

tobacco excise taxes, and next to last in advertising restrictions.

SCARC, August 31, 1992

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