Health
US adult smoking rate drops to new low: CDC
(HealthDay)—Fewer American adults are smoking cigarettes than ever, health officials said.
Nov 26, 2014
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News tagged with tobacco taxes
Health
South Korea to hike cigarette price by 80%
South Korea on Thursday proposed a steep 80 percent hike in cigarette prices to cut consumption in a nation with one of the world's highest male smoking rates.
Sep 11, 2014
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Health
To save lives, raise tobacco taxes
A recent study finds that rising prices is, by far, the best way to tackle tobacco-related diseases while ignoring tobacco industry arguments that higher taxes would affect state revenues.
Feb 27, 2014
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Health
Australia bumps up tobacco tax
Australia will hike tobacco taxes by 12.5 percent per year over the next four years to boost its coffers and build on its plain packaging campaign against smoking, the government said Thursday.
Aug 1, 2013
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Cardiology
Tobacco control measures in India could prevent heart disease and stroke deaths
Implementing smoke-free laws and increased tobacco taxes in India would yield substantial and rapid health benefits by averting future cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths, according to a new study published this week in PLOS ...
Jul 9, 2013
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Health
Smoking, sugar, spirits and 'sin' taxes: Higher price would help health, doctors say
Go ye and sin no more—or pay for it, when it comes to junk food, smoking and consuming alcohol. That's the message from two Mayo Clinic physicians who say raising "sin" taxes on tobacco and alcoholic beverages and imposing ...
Jun 3, 2013
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Addiction
Tobacco companies keep people smoking despite UK cigarette tax increases
Raising tobacco prices is one of the most effective means of reducing tobacco use, particularly among price-sensitive smokers such as young people and people with low incomes. But when the UK government has been raising cigarette ...
Apr 16, 2013
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Health
Studies find that toxicity caused by second-hand smoke remains long after a smoker leaves the premises
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers are finding that, long after a smoker leaves the premises, the toxicity caused by second-hand smoke remains and transforms into something even more deadly.
Mar 7, 2013
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Health
Tea Party organizations have ties to tobacco industry dating back to 1980s, study finds
Rather than being a purely grassroots movement that arose spontaneously in 2009, the Tea Party developed in part as a result of tobacco industry efforts to oppose smoking restrictions and tobacco taxes beginning in the 1980s, ...
Feb 11, 2013
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Health
Smoking still takes a heavy toll in US, CDC finds
(HealthDay)—Even though proven anti-smoking strategies exist, more than 440,000 Americans still die each year from cigarette smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, federal health officials said Friday.
Jan 25, 2013
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