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Letter to NYC Council

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April 25, 2017
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Honorable Corey Johnson, Chair, Health Committee, New York City Council City Hall, New York, NY 10007 April 25, 2017 Dear Mr. Johnson: I am writing to support the proposed tobacco legislation that w...
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RJ Reynolds Can’t Make Up Its Mind

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October 31, 2016
Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates
In California, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to prevent a new tax on cigarettes. But in Missouri, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to promote a new tax on cigarettes. Tobacco taxes are proven to prevent kid...
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New research published by the World Health Organization (WHO)

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April 7, 2016
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This new research by the WHO shows the huge opportunity governments have from increasing taxes on tobacco. WHO found that if cigarette tax increased by US$ 0.8 (or 1 international $) per pack wor...
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Big Tobacco takes hit; City Council bolsters anti-smoking efforts

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March 17, 2016
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Big Tobacco took it on the chin Wednesday when Chicago raised its smoking age to 21, outlawed discounts, slapped a $6 million tax on cigars, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco and banned chaw altogethe...
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Racial Politics Flavor Debate Over Banning Menthol Cigarettes

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November 18, 2015
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Lorillard Tobacco donated nearly four times as much to Republican candidates as to Democrats in the 2014 congressional elections. No surprise there — most businesses count on Republicans to hold the line on reg...
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Why we need to tax tobacco

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July 15, 2015
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Let’s be clear. Tobacco use, and its negative health, social and economic impact, is not a global problem that is simply going away. As documented in a recent study, despite significant reductions in the e...
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On Our Way to Achieving the “Impossible”

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July 15, 2015
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When ASH first began its post-2015 UN development agenda campaign in 2013, it was perceived as nearly impossible to integrate tobacco control into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), let alone the Fina...
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A Victory for Standardized Packaging

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June 23, 2015
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Earlier this month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures showing that tobacco and cigarette consumption in Australia have dropped dramatically. Household tobacco consumption and expenditure volu...
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Tobacco Taxes are Front & Center in Influential Post-2015 Report!

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April 27, 2015
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The UN’s post-2015 development goal process is still in full swing. Member states have spent the last week discussing ways to finance the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These discussions are all s...
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Obama’s 10 new taxes

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February 3, 2015
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President Barack Obama’s latest budget is his most populist ever, seeking big tax hikes to pay for ambitious new spending on education and infrastructure in a dare to Republicans to find common ground. Here ...
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“We Have an Opportunity to Change History”

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January 29, 2015
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“Health must become a priority. The time is now,” said global tobacco control advocates in the Framework Convention Alliance video. They emphasize the importance of this year, 2015, and that leaders must ra...
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World No Tobacco Day 2014: What makes tobacco different?

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May 29, 2014
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Annually, the tobacco industry contributes over $1.6 million to federal candidates and spends approximately $16.6 million lobbying Congress. This money buys the tobacco industry access to government officials ...
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World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco Taxation

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May 22, 2014
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Click Here for Full Image Raising taxes on tobacco products can affect the price, and therefore consumption, of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ...
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WHO Report Demonstrates Need for Higher Tobacco Taxes

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July 10, 2013
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Most effective measure is the most under-utilized WASHINGTON, DC. 10 July – A report released today by the World Health Organization concludes that tax and price measures are the “least-achieved” of a global m...
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Obama to announce Tobacco Tax plan for funding Pre K

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April 9, 2013
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California is seen as a shining example of how tobacco taxes can be used to both dissuade smoking and also improve children’s health and readiness for school. Now President Obama is following California’s lead....
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Campaign Against Missouri Cigarette Tax Hike Gears Up

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August 16, 2012
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JEFFERSON CITY • Off-brand cigarette-makers are shouldering most of the cost so far of the campaign against a cigarette tax increase on Missouri’s Nov. 6 ballot. Cheyenne International LLC of Grover, N.C., a...

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