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25 paź 2024 · Two Coalition MPs are breaking a longstanding bipartisan approach in tobacco policy, calling on the federal government to lower the tax on cigarettes, which critics argue is driving prices too ...
20 lip 2024 · The government is increasing, not decreasing, the tax as part of a new campaign to drive down smoking rates to 5 per cent by 2030. Dr Martin has questioned that approach and called for an end to ...
26 wrz 2023 · The Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2023 would close tax code loopholes for tobacco products by increasing the federal tax rate on cigarettes, pegging it to inflation to ensure it remains an effective public health tool, and setting the federal tax rate for all other tobacco products at this same level.
24 sty 2024 · Congress must pass H.R. 4775, the Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act, bipartisan legislation giving more people access to the resources they need to quit tobacco. The 2024 “State of Tobacco Control” report grades the federal government in five areas: Federal Regulation of Tobacco Products – Grade C.
4 paź 2021 · According to research compiled by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the last federal tobacco tax hike prompted a 30% increase in the number of calls to a national quit line, as well as an...
17 sty 2024 · The Office for National Statistics, who publishes the data, says the main cause of the unanticipated growth was increased tobacco prices due to higher taxes. Other factors the ONS says...
17 sty 2024 · The greatest contributor to the growth in inflation was the increased cost of tobacco and alcohol - which are categorised together - the ONS said, as the government upped smoking duties in the ...
