Smoking Taxes

Governor Removes Controversial Doctor From Anti-Cigarette Tax Ads

Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.14.2012

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Bowing to pressure from anti-smoking advocates, California Governor Jerry Brown has removed from a state health board a doctor who appeared in a contr...

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Can You Tax Away Obesity?

Dr. Pamela Peeke | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Pamela Peeke

Can a beverage tax really solve America's battle with the bulge? Of course not, and worse still, such taxes may have the opposite effect.

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How Much Does Smoking Cost Society?

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Smoking takes years off your life and adds dollars to the cost of health care. Yet nonsmokers cost society money, too _ by living l...

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Smokers Face A Hit As Tobacco Taxes Spike

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — However they satisfy their nicotine cravings, tobacco users are facing a big hit as the single largest federal tobacco tax increase...

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