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... would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than... currently uses federal Medicaid funding, state tobacco tax revenue and payments from workers and employers to provide health insurance to about 30,000 low-income Oklahomans, but the federal government notified Oklahoma last week that the program... ...

... 5 percent to 6 percent. The tobacco tax would almost double, from $2... regressive, with 95.8 percent of tobacco expenditures being made by consumers earning... Top Ten Reasons Not to Raise Tobacco Taxes http://heartland.org/policy-documents.../research-commentary-top-ten-reasons-not-raise-tobacco-taxes Heartland... ...

... primary focus of selective excise taxation: tobacco, alcohol, salt, stamps, tea, and motor fuels. Owing to alcohol, tobacco, and gambling’s longstanding association with... sin goods, such as alcohol and tobacco, is frequently misapplied to a progressively broader base of goods and services where the “sin good... ...

... percent. Revenue from motor fuel taxes, tobacco taxes, alcoholic beverage taxes, motor vehicle licenses, and all other state taxes all either grew by less than 2.5 percent or declined. Thirty-six states reported higher tax revenue collections than in the same quarter of 2007, at the start of the recession. More Challenges... ...

... commentary addressing Stockton and municipal bankruptcies, tobacco-funded universal pre-K, Colorado renewable... vending machine snacks, heating oil, and tobacco products. According to the Vermont Legislative Joint Fiscal Office’s fiscal note, the total estimated cost to Vermont taxpayers will be $27 million in 2014... ...

... vending machine items, heating oil, and tobacco products. According to the Vermont Legislative... such as candy, soft drinks, and tobacco products. Under the proposed bill the... the tax on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (cigarettes by 50 cents and smokeless tobacco by 88 cents). Like most sin taxes... ...

... 95.8 percent of expenditures on tobacco products are made by families making... universal pre-K, Head Start, and tobacco taxes. Funding Growing Programs with Declining... source of revenue such as a tobacco tax to fund a growing program... Top Ten Reasons Not to Raise Tobacco Taxes http://heartland.org... ...

Brad Rodu, Endowed Chair, Tobacco Harm Reduction Research at the University... Fellow at the Heartland Institute discusses tobacco harm reduction on "The Legislature Today... s work, and Heartland coverage of tobacco harm reduction, at PolicyBot . [ Subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast free at this link . ]... ...

... kindergarten, and fund it by raising tobacco taxes, you know this is an ideological document first and foremost. The suggestion of going to chained CPI for Social Security cost-of-living adjustments is nothing but a smokescreen so he can claim to be offering a balanced approach.” Kaminsky noted Obama “continues to... ...

... and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of... any amount of someone else’s tobacco smoke harms nonsmokers and was instrumental... critical about the possibility of safer tobacco alternatives to smoking. “Definitely there’s... There are two approaches to regulating tobacco use... ...

... States Don’t Deserve to Win [Tobacco Litigation Suits],” USA Today , October 12... Assault on Smokers,” National Association of Tobacco Outlets Annual Award Dinner, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 25, 2007. “Global warming,” Heart of the Valley Senior Service Club, Little Chute, Wisconsin, June 27, 2007. “Battling Junk... ...

... of the highest in the nation. Tobacco taxes are a notoriously unreliable and... regressive, with 95.8 percent of tobacco expenditures being made by consumers earning... Top Ten Reasons Not to Raise Tobacco Taxes http://heartland.org/policy-documents.../research-commentary-top-ten-reasons-not-raise-tobacco-taxes John... ...

... wireless exceed those on alcohol and tobacco in many states. “As many different government entities take aim at the cell phone service tax base in an uncoordinated fashion with little concern for how other taxing authorities treat the services, cell phones are taxed at a much higher level than other consumer items... ...

... a pledge that they will avoid tobacco, illegal drugs, and excessive alcohol. Any college student can have a remarkably inexpensive plan costing as little as $50/month for comprehensive sharing of bills up to $1 million. This is not bare-bones, but real help when needed most. It is a choice individuals ought to be... ...

... to do with traditional “vices” like tobacco and alcohol are also taxed in the same way, including tires, baked goods, popsicles, playing cards, amusement parks, and parking. “Sin taxes” have come to include just about anything lawmakers deem unhealthy or undesirable—but in truth, many are just a new way to frame revenue... ...

... t trying to promote smoking or tobacco use of any kind,” she said. “Ugh. Sorry to hear it,” wrote one Facebook user. “Really starting to hate what our society has become.” “Oh no, I was going to buy some for stocking stuffers! I loved them as a kid,” wrote another. “Sorry to Lynden’s, you were just making life... ...

... channels. The destructive consequences of rampant tobacco smuggling include the corruption of government... our third set of estimates for tobacco smuggling in 47 of the 48... result in a net decline in tobacco tax revenues. Corruption, Violent Crime Rise... in criminal activity related to illicit tobacco... ...

Troubled by the questionable use of tobacco-tax revenue on grants to fund... state health department officials—who disburse tobacco tax money—report those grants as... wasn’t allowed under the 2004 tobacco-tax hike. Last July, state auditors released an audit of the tobacco tax program and found that taxpayer... ...

... by R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard Tobacco to proceed against the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. It alleges... the scientific panel responsible for regulating tobacco products. FDA officials asked Judge Leon... the membership of the Center for Tobacco Products’ Tobacco Science Advisory... ...

... according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Guns and Ammo magazine says the gun is “hugely popular for recreational target shooting.” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she will file legislation in 2013 to reinstate the federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. Missouri U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill... ...