Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 2012, RTI International conducted an analysis of data from the 2010-2011 New York and national Adult Tobacco Surveys to assess the financial burden cigarette taxes place on low-income families for the New York State Department of Health. According to ABC News, the study found that "higher cigarette taxes may be financially hurting low-income ...
The United States Department of Defense followed, raising the age to purchase tobacco to twenty-one on military bases in the U.S. and abroad. [ 15 ] In 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a 2020 bylaw passed by the town of Brookline , which enforces a lifetime ban on the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after ...
HB 1416 imposes a new $0.015 per cigarette tax, about 30 cents for a standard pack. It also raises existing taxes on most vape juices, cigars and other products. HB 1417 imposes a new $0.0015 per ...
May 8—A state House bill that sought to increase taxes on cigarettes and vape products to bolster funds for cancer research will not make it to the governor's desk this year. — part of Gov ...
Jun. 3—TAZEWELL, Va. — A proposed tax increase on cigarettes is moving forward in Tazewell County, but the amount may change. Eastern District Supervisor Charlie Stacy said only two people ...
Tobacco 21 is a campaign to prevent youth tobacco use in the United States, primarily through laws that raise the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco and nicotine in the United States to 21. [1] [2] It also refers to various federal, state, and local laws based on Tobacco 21's model policy, raising the minimum sales age to 21. [3] [4]
In New York City, for example, taxes have driven the cost of a pack of cigarettes over $9. Paired with educational programs and laws regulating where one may smoke, taxes have helped reduce ...
The New York State Legislature unanimously confirmed Benjamin M. Lawsky on May 24, 2011, as New York State's first Superintendent of Financial Services. [9] From May 24, 2011, until October 3, 2011, Lawsky also was appointed, and served as, Acting Superintendent of Banks for the former New York State Banking Department. [9]