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THE PROBLEM
THE TOLL OF TOBACCO IN THE UNITED STATES
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THE TOLL OF TOBACCO AROUND THE WORLD
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COVID-19: QUIT SMOKING AND VAPING TO PROTECT YOUR LUNGS
TOBACCO USE AND BLACK AMERICANS
WHAT WE DO
U.S. INITIATIVES
Campaign for the Culture Initiative: Engaging Targeted Communities
Federal Issues
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Ending the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products
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Raising the Tobacco Age to 21
Smoke-Free Laws
State Tobacco Taxes
U.S. State Court Cases
1998 Tobacco Settlement: Broken Promises to Our Children
YOUTH INITIATIVES
Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action
Taking Down Tobacco Training Program
Youth Advocates of the Year
Youth Engagement Alliance
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Global Issues
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Stopping Menthol, Saving Lives
Big Tobacco is Exploiting COVID-19 to Market Its Harmful Products
Big Tobacco’s Marketing on Social Media
E-Cigarettes: Flavored Products Fuel a Youth Epidemic
Heated Tobacco Products
Big Tobacco, Tiny Targets: Tobacco Companies are Targeting Kids Near Schools in Countries Around the World
The Philip Morris-Funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
U.S. Chamber: Blowing Smoke for Big Tobacco
Cigarettes: Designed for Addiction
U.S. Racketeering Verdict
Deadly Alliance: Big Tobacco and Convenience Stores
Not Your Grandfather's Cigar
Global Marlboro Campaign
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Kick Butts Day
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U.S. State and Local Taxes
Raising Tobacco Taxes: A Win-Win-Win
Raising Cigarette Taxes Reduces Smoking, Especially Among Kids (and the Cigarette Companies Know It)
Tobacco Tax Increases are a Reliable Source of Substantial New State Revenue
Responses to Misleading and Inaccurate Cigarette Company Arguments Against State Tobacco Tax Increases
Excerpts from the 2012 and 2014 Surgeon General's Report Supporting Tobacco Tax Increases
The Many Ways States Can Raise Revenue While Also Reducing Tobacco Use and Its Many Harms and Costs
The Case for High-Tech Cigarette Tax Stamps
State Cigarette Excise Tax Rates and Rankings
Map Showing State Cigarette Tax Rates
Top Combined State-Local Cigarette Tax Rates (State plus County plus City)
Local Government Cigarette Tax Rates
Cigarette Tax Increases By State Per Year 2000-2021
State Cigarette Tax Increases Per Year (& Recessions) Since 1980
State Cigarette Tax Rates and Rank, Date of Last Increase, Annual Pack Sales and Revenues, and Related Data
State Excise and Sales Taxes Per Pack of Cigarettes - Total Amounts and State Rankings
Raising State Cigarette Taxes Always Increases State Revenues and Always Reduces Smoking
Tobacco Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Smokers & Families
State Cigarette Tax Increases, Retailers, and Jobs
Trends in Average State Cigarette Tax Rates
State Cigarette Tax Increases and State Tobacco Settlement Revenues
State Cigarette Tax Increases Since Jan. 1, 2002 (With Political Party of Sitting Governor and Legislature)
State Benefits from Increasing Smokeless Tobacco Tax Rates
Closing Weight-Based Tax Loopholes for the New Generation of Low Weight Moist Snuff Smokeless Tobacco Products
The Best Way to Tax Smokeless Tobacco
State Excise Tax Rates for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products
State Options to Prevent and Reduce Cigarette Smuggling and to Block Other Illegal State Tobacco Tax Evasion
Effect of State Tobacco-Tax Increases on MSA and Phase II Payments to the States
Explanations and Sources for Projections of New Revenues and Benefits from State Tobacco Tax Increases
How to Make State Cigar Tax Rates Fair and Effective
The Problem with RYO and Other Smoking Tobacco
The New York Story: Revenues from a $1.42 Per Pack Cigarette Tax Increase