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Cigarette taxes and their proposed uses: support among smokers and non-smokers in different income groups in Texas

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA

Correspondence to:
Professor Alfred L McAlister
Alfred.L.McAlister@uth.tmc.edu

Keywords: cigarette tax; smoking prevention; opinion; low income smokers

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The Texas Legislature is considering new taxes, including a proposed $1 per pack tax on cigarettes. In the past, various issues have been raised in debates on this topic.^1,2 Proponents cite evidence that increased taxes deter young people from using tobacco^3–5 and argue that additional revenues can be used to provide health care services for children and to support smoking prevention programmes.^6,7 Opponents argue that higher tobacco taxes place an unfair burden on smokers in low income groups.^8,9,10

To gain insight into how Texans view new cigarette taxes, data from a statewide telephone survey (random digit dialling of working residential numbers) of 6345 adults were analysed. The survey was conducted between October and December 2004. Participants were asked whether they support a $1 per pack increase in cigarettes taxes. They were also asked about the use of these taxes to provide funds for children’s health care and programmes to prevent . . . [Full text of this article]