Higher Prices Won't Stop Teenage Smokers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Boosting taxes on cigarettes will have a far less dramatic effect...tudy finds. In fact, say the researchers, higher taxes will have "a statistically insignificant impact" on whether young people decide to start smoking. ....... However, the implications of spending patients' taxes on sophisticated computer systems to protect the privacy of their data, as opposed to funding the provision of services, must be taken into consideration he says. In a separate commentary Dr Rory O'Conor from the Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, w...Many Virginians would increase taxes for K-12 education, study finds
...chools (K-12). In fact, 41 percentagree that state taxes should be increased to support public schools -- down from49 percent in 1996. Regarding spending on colleges and universities, 54 percent thought it was aboutright and 26 percent thought it wasn't enough. However, 45 percent agreed thattaxes should b...UC Davis study: fewer Californians dying of lung cancer, pulmonary disease as smoking decreases
...s follow the adoption of Prop. 99, which increased taxes on cigarettes by 25 cents a pack to pay for anti-smoking advertising and smoking cessation programs. Prop. 99 went on the state ballot in November of 1988 and went into effect Jan. 1, 1989. From 1988 to 1997, the prevalence of smoking in California d...Tax increases can cut the number of habitual teen smokers
Relatively small increases in cigarette taxes can prevent teenagers from becoming heavier smoker...Previous research has shown that raising cigarette taxes decreases the number of teenagers who smoke or the number of cigarettes they smoke if they do. This ...Study finds public lacks awareness of effective alcohol control policies
...en adults, 78 percent did not believe that raising taxes on alcoholic beverages would result in fewer accidental deaths. Respondents were equally divided on whether raising the drinking age to 21 had resulted in fewer deaths. This means they were unaware of the overwhelming evidence demonstrating that tens...Smoke-free workplaces protect non-smokers and encourage smokers to quit
... authors. Such an increase would require cigarette taxes per pack to increase from $0.76 to $3.05 in the United States and from 3.44 to 6.59 in the United Kingdom. If all workplaces became smoke-free, per capita cigarette consumption would drop by 4.5% in the United States and 7.6% in the United Kingdom, c...What is the best way to fund the NHS?
...nce scheme, while funding health care from general taxes has proved to be an ineffective way of bringing th...ee and colleagues. Retaining the ability to raise taxes from various sources, including investment income and company profits, makes it possible to compensa...Albertans accepting of people with schizophreniabut won't marry one
...ceived dangerousness of schizophrenics, increasing taxes for better services and more. He found that Canadians--Albertans in particular--think schizophrenia is caused mainly by genetic factors and biochemical imbalances in the brain. No other country of those studied was like that--the others attributed s...Rising cost of cigarettes may help smokers honor new years resolution to quit
...uctions in smoking resulting from higher cigarette taxes are furthered when states use the revenues to fund behavioral support programs to assist quitters. Moreover, investigators note that the recent cigarette price hikes have led to significant increases in the demand for stop smoking nicotine replaceme...African-Americans willing to shoulder higher cigarette taxes
...ndicates substantial support for increasing excise taxes on cigarettes, according to a Penn State study. ... "Forty-seven percent of respondents stated that taxes on tobacco products should be increased, compared to 30 percent who believed that they should be red...UCLA report shows disparities in children's health
...10 generates approximately $600 million in tobacco taxes annually. Eighty percent of this funding is distributed among the state's 58 County Commissions and 20 percent is allocated to the State Commission....American Lung Association calls on governors and legislatures to stand up for public health
...Legislatures once again found that raising tobacco taxes made good public health and fiscal sense. The average state cigarette excise tax rose by a dime to $0.72 cents per pack in 2003. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia raised their cigarette tax. New Jersey now leads the nation with a cigaret...The future of drug development
...pment. Money could be raised and managed through taxes and traditional government institutions like the NIH, or through "bottom up" mechanisms such as employee contributions to competitive intermediates that fund R&D--analogous to pension funds--or through other approaches. Such a system would reduce t...As tax deadline approaches Americans say money is number one cause of stress
As Americans rush to file taxes by April 15, many name money as the number one factor that affects their stress level. A survey commissioned by the American Psychological Association (APA) found that seventy-three percent of Americans single out money, with thirty-three percent sa...Physical inactivity costs millions in health care expenses
...health insurance premiums, member co-insurance and taxes to foot the bill for public health insurance. The findings, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, add to a growing body of evidence that physical inactivity is a serious and expensive public health problem. "In spite of the gr...Socio-economic factors sway African-Americans
... and promotions, and increases in cigarette excise taxes would help to reduce disparities," King notes....Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control receives elite recognition from PAHO/WHO
... over public smoking, advertising bans and tobacco taxes are clouded by industry influence, politics and cultural beliefs. Yet the science on the health effects of tobacco has never been clearer. By 2030, health experts estimate that deaths from tobacco will surpass any other cause. Frances Stillman, EdD, ...News briefs from the Journal CHEST, December 2004
... health warnings on packages, and allocated .5% of taxes from tobacco sales to be used for smoking prevention. To determine the impact of the act, Finnish researchers analyzed and compared nationwide smoking prevalence rates from 1960 to 2000, lung cancer rates from 1980 to 2000, and respiratory disease r......e cosmetic procedures. What's next for lawmakers taxes on bariatric, lasik, and orthopedic procedures? 9. Taboo of plastic surgery eroding for ethnic groups More and more African American, Hispanic, and Asian people embrace plastic surgery. Plastic surgeons continue to hone techniques to maintain a pat...