Reducing the Toll of Tobacco

Tobacco Taxes

ACS CAN will advocate to increase the cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack with a parallel tax on all other tobacco products including e-cigarettes. Increasing the price of cigarettes and all other tobacco products through regular and significant tobacco tax increases helps prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and helps support people who are trying to quit.  $55 million of the revenue from the tobacco tax increase should be used to fund and sustain fact-based, statewide tobacco prevention and cessation programs. 

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding

 ACS CAN will work to increase funding for fact-based, statewide tobacco prevention and cessation programs to $6 million.  Increasing funding to $6 million will allow the program to fund the Quitline, tobacco prevention and cessation programs.