Tobacco Tax
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Take action today by calling
1-888-NOW-I-CAN (1-888-669-4226)
FIGHT BACK against the tobacco industry;
tell your elected officials to raise the tobacco tax!
Even if you don't smoke, you pay $554 a year for everyone who does.
American Cancer Society Fact Sheet
How does Tobacco affect Minnesotans' health
- Tobacco kills more than 5,000 Minnesotans every year.
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Tobacco causes 30% of cancer deaths.
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Tobacco is linked to 15 types of cancer, including cancers of the mouth, throat, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder, cervix, and leukemia, as well as heart disease, stroke and emphysema.
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19% of high school students in Minnesota smoke.
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Today, 17 youth in Minnesota will start smoking.
Click here to tell your elected officials to RAISE THE TOBACCO TAX!
How Does Smoking Affect Your Pocketbook?
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Minnesotans pay almost $3 billion annually for the costs of tobacco related illness.*
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That's $554 per capita for every man, woman and child in the state of Minnesota.*
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One pack of cigarettes generates $8.84 in health care expenditures and lost productivity.
- Minnesota is falling behind. The tax on a pack of cigarettes in Wisconsin is $2.52- almost a dollar more than Minnesota's tax of $1.56 per pack.
Raise the Price of Tobacco Products
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Prevent over 61,000 kids from becoming addicted to nicotine; that’s the equivalent of every 8th grader in the state of Minnesota.
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Reduce smoking and encourage over 29,000 smokers to quit.
- Save more than 27,000 lives from smoking-related disease.
- Increase state revenue $125-$140 million annually.
- Save more than $1 billion in health care costs.
The vast majority (72%) of Minnesotans support raising the price of tobacco.
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If you would like to be more involved in the fight against cancer to protect your family and community from the Tobacco Industry, please contact Jessica Knutson by email at jessica.knutson@cancer.org or by calling 651-255-8196.
Why do YOU want to Raise the Tobacco Tax?
