A great body of research shows that increases in cigarette taxes
and price lead to reductions in cigarette purchases and smoking.
This research shows that each ten percent increase in price results
in about a four percent decrease in overall cigarette consumption.
This reduction is due to smokers quitting, former smokers not restarting,
reductions in amount smoked by those continuing to smoke, and youth
not becoming smokers. In addition, empirical evidence strongly supports
the finding that combining an excise tax increase with a comprehensive
program results in a sustained decline in tobacco use prevalence.
Featured Partner Activity
NTCC partner Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
played an important role in advocating for the recent increase
in federal tobacco taxes, including a 62-cent increase in the
cigarette tax, and expanding the State Children's Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP). Although the revenue from the tax increase does
not directly support cessation services, increasing tobacco taxes
is a proven strategy to reduce smoking and other tobacco use.
Studies show that every 10 percent increase in the price of cigarettes
causes:
- Nearly 7% decline in youth prevalence
- A 2% decline in adult prevalence
- A 4% decline in overall consumption
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids projects the
federal tobacco tax increase to result in:
- Roughly 10% decline in pack sales nationally
- More than 1.9 million kids not becoming addicted, adult smokers
- More than 1 million adult smokers quitting
- 248,000 fewer smoking-affected births over the next 5 years
- More than 900,000 smoking-caused deaths avoided
- $44.5 billion in long-term healthcare savings from adult &
youth smoking declines
Other Partner Activities
NTCC partners are currently conducting many
activities related to this priority. For a list of these NTCC
partner activities, click here.
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