Anti-smoking group Ash Ireland has called on the Government to increase taxes on cigarettes after the European Court of Justice ruled that Irish legislation which empowers the Government to fix a minimum price for cigarettes violates European law. In a judgment handed down yesterday, the court found Ireland had breached a directive which sets down rules governing the calculation of excise duty on tobacco products. ... read more >>
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Pasadena to explore possibility of citywide smoking ban
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
City council members will consider next month the possibility of an outright ban on smoking in city limits. On Monday, the council’s Public Safety Committee discussed a long-proposed ban on smoking in apartment buildings, and Councilman Steve Haderlein asked the staff to find out whether the city has the legal authority to put a full smoking ban into place. Pasadena passed a ban on outdoor smoking in most public areas in 2008, and at the time pledged to consider the apartment restrictions within the next year. ... read more >>
City council members will consider next month the possibility of an outright ban on smoking in city limits. On Monday, the council’s Public Safety Committee discussed a long-proposed ban on smoking in apartment buildings, and Councilman Steve Haderlein asked the staff to find out whether the city has the legal authority to put a full smoking ban into place. Pasadena passed a ban on outdoor smoking in most public areas in 2008, and at the time pledged to consider the apartment restrictions within the next year. ... read more >>
Don’t legalize marijuana
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
It’s a drug that’s easily abused, it poses health risks, and the potential benefits of taxing and regulating it are overstated. The City Council’s vote Tuesday to shut hundreds of so-called medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles was a welcome move, but the larger battle over pot has just begun. ... read more >>
It’s a drug that’s easily abused, it poses health risks, and the potential benefits of taxing and regulating it are overstated. The City Council’s vote Tuesday to shut hundreds of so-called medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles was a welcome move, but the larger battle over pot has just begun. ... read more >>
Study: High tobacco taxes not a deterrent
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
A study published Wednesday by a Montreal business school using Canadian federal data suggested lowering tobacco taxes had little effect on consumption. Canadian tobacco taxes have a package of 20 selling for about $9 in Toronto as the federal tax authorities, customs officials and police grapple with a burgeoning contraband cigarette market. Packs of cigarettes can easily be purchased for as little as $2 each in Toronto, decimating legitimate store sales. ... read more >>
A study published Wednesday by a Montreal business school using Canadian federal data suggested lowering tobacco taxes had little effect on consumption. Canadian tobacco taxes have a package of 20 selling for about $9 in Toronto as the federal tax authorities, customs officials and police grapple with a burgeoning contraband cigarette market. Packs of cigarettes can easily be purchased for as little as $2 each in Toronto, decimating legitimate store sales. ... read more >>
Medicaid and Smoking: One state extends benefits and is helping the poor kick the habit
Monday, December 21st, 2009
More than seven of 10 smokers say they’d like to quit. Beyond the undeniable health risks, it’s getting hard to find a place where it’s legal or socially acceptable to light up — indoors or even outdoors. Another factor is cost. Cigarette taxes are a favorite public strategy, since smoking has few defenders. Today, New York state has the nation’s third-highest tax on cigarettes (behind only Rhode Island and Connecticut). New York City residents pay upwards of $9 a pack — the highest price in the land. A pack-a-day habit costs New Yorkers $250 per month and up — ouch! ... read more >>
More than seven of 10 smokers say they’d like to quit. Beyond the undeniable health risks, it’s getting hard to find a place where it’s legal or socially acceptable to light up — indoors or even outdoors. Another factor is cost. Cigarette taxes are a favorite public strategy, since smoking has few defenders. Today, New York state has the nation’s third-highest tax on cigarettes (behind only Rhode Island and Connecticut). New York City residents pay upwards of $9 a pack — the highest price in the land. A pack-a-day habit costs New Yorkers $250 per month and up — ouch! ... read more >>
Surprising hike
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Hoping increase in smoking rate proves to be ‘aberration’. For the first time in almost 15 years, the rate of smoking among American adults has increased. That’s a number that we find both surprising and distressing. Surprising because while smoking is just as deadly today as it was in 1994, increases in federal and state taxes have made the smoking habit far more expensive today than 15 years ago. ... read more >>
Hoping increase in smoking rate proves to be ‘aberration’. For the first time in almost 15 years, the rate of smoking among American adults has increased. That’s a number that we find both surprising and distressing. Surprising because while smoking is just as deadly today as it was in 1994, increases in federal and state taxes have made the smoking habit far more expensive today than 15 years ago. ... read more >>
WHO Report: Governments Not Doing Enough to Protect Citizens from Secondhand Smoke, Implement Other Provisions of Tobacco Treaty
Friday, December 11th, 2009
A new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that, even as the global toll of tobacco grows, most governments are falling short in implementing the policies required by the international tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. In particular, the report finds that governments are not moving quickly enough to enact comprehensive smoke-free laws that provide protection from deadly secondhand smoke, with more than 94 percent of the world’s population still unprotected. ... read more >>
A new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that, even as the global toll of tobacco grows, most governments are falling short in implementing the policies required by the international tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. In particular, the report finds that governments are not moving quickly enough to enact comprehensive smoke-free laws that provide protection from deadly secondhand smoke, with more than 94 percent of the world’s population still unprotected. ... read more >>
States Spending Less to Fight Smoking
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
State governments are collecting record revenues from tobacco companies but spending less and less of it on antismoking programs, especially in New York, a group of health and advocacy organizations said in a report released Wednesday. In the report, titled “A Broken Promise to Our Children,” the organizations said state governments had reduced spending by 15 percent, to $567 million, for smoking prevention and cessation programs in the fiscal year that ended in September. ... read more >>
State governments are collecting record revenues from tobacco companies but spending less and less of it on antismoking programs, especially in New York, a group of health and advocacy organizations said in a report released Wednesday. In the report, titled “A Broken Promise to Our Children,” the organizations said state governments had reduced spending by 15 percent, to $567 million, for smoking prevention and cessation programs in the fiscal year that ended in September. ... read more >>
Tobacco critics rip packets’ relabeling
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Taxes less if it’s marked for pipes. Layla Amussen likes to smoke. She knows cigarettes are bad for her health, but says she’s not likely to quit anytime soon. With increased federal and state tobacco taxes raising the cost on some brands to more than $5 per pack or by about $12 a carton, she’s changed her habits. ... read more >>
Taxes less if it’s marked for pipes. Layla Amussen likes to smoke. She knows cigarettes are bad for her health, but says she’s not likely to quit anytime soon. With increased federal and state tobacco taxes raising the cost on some brands to more than $5 per pack or by about $12 a carton, she’s changed her habits. ... read more >>
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