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Publication Date: August 2009
Publisher: National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Author(s): David Weeks
Research Area: Economics
Keywords: tobacco tax; tobacco
Type: Brief
Abstract:
The recent expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) was funded by an increase in federal excise taxes on tobacco products. Congress increased the federal tax on cigarettes by 61 cents per pack and raised the tax on other tobacco products, with the goal of equalizing the tax per pound of tobacco.