Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Tobacco Control Policies

U.S. State and Local Tobacco Taxes

Raising Tobacco Taxes: A Win-Win-Win

Raising Cigarette Taxes Reduces Smoking, Especially Among Kids (and the Cigarette Companies Know It)

Raising State Cigarette Taxes Always Increases State Revenues and Always Reduces Smoking

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 & 2014 Surgeon General's Reports 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

Significant Tobacco Tax Increases Reduce Tobacco Use, Particularly among Youth, Despite Tobacco Company Price Discounts and Promotional Efforts

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 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

Trends in Average State Cigarette Tax Rates

State Tobacco Tax Increases Have a Minimal Impact on State Retailers and Jobs

Effect of State Tobacco-Tax Increases on MSA and Phase II Payments to the States

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

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

State Excise Tax Rates for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products

The New York Story: Revenues from a $1.42 Per Pack Cigarette Tax Increase

State Options to Prevent and Reduce Cigarette Smuggling and to Block Other Illegal State Tobacco Tax Evasion

Tobacco Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Smokers & Families

State Cigarette Tax Hikes Per Year - And Recessions (1980-2021)

Findings from an Indiana Statewide Survey

U.S. Federal Tobacco Taxes

Increasing Federal Taxes Reduces Tobacco Use (and the Tobacco Companies Know It)

Creating Tax Equity Among All Tobacco Products Would Sharply Increase Federal Revenues and Promote Public Health

Tobacco Tax Increases are a Reliable Source of Substantial New Federal Revenue

Tobacco Tax Increases Benefit Lower-Income Smokers & Families

In Their Own Words: What the Tobacco Companies Say About Tobacco Tax Increases and Price

Taxes on Other Tobacco Products

Excerpts from the 2012 & 2014 Surgeon General's Reports Supporting Tobacco Tax Increases

State Benefits from Increasing Smokeless Tobacco Tax Rates

How to Make State Cigar Tax Rates Fair and Effective

The Problem with RYO and Other Smoking Tobacco

State Excise Tax Rates for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products

Smoke-Free Laws and Secondhand Smoke

Health Harms of Secondhand Smoke

What Is In Secondhand Smoke?

Secondhand Smoke, Kids and Cars

Electronic Cigarettes Should be Included in Smoke-free Laws

Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Harm Business at Restaurants and Bars

Smoke-Free Laws Work

Only Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws are Effective

Voters Across the Country Express Strong Support for Smoke-Free Laws

Smokefree States and Cities in the United States

Smoke-Free Laws Encourage Smokers to Quit and Discourage Youth from Starting

Harm to Kids from Secondhand Smoke

State Tobacco Prevention Programs

Key Elements and Funding Sources

Essential Elements of a Comprehensive State Program

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2021

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Tax Increases Are Not Enough — States Must Also Invest in Tobacco Prevention Programs

State Tobacco-Prevention Spending vs. State Tobacco Revenues

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Save Lives and Money

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Return on Investment from Investing in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Comprehensive State Tobacco-Control Programs Save Money

The Impact of Reductions in Tobacco Control Program Funding

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs

Scientific Conclusions on the Effectiveness of Public Education Campaigns

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Enforcing Laws Prohibiting Cigarette Sales to Kids Reduces Youth Smoking

Youth Purchase and Possession Laws are Not Proven to Reduce Tobacco Use

State Tobacco Settlements

Understanding the Tobacco Settlement Agreements

MSA Restrictions on Tobacco Company Lobbying

Summary of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)

Q and A's on Settlement

The 'Vilification Clause' Does Not Restrict State Tobacco Prevention Spending

Master Settlement Agreement Provisions Relating to Cigarette Company 'Anti-Youth-Smoking' Efforts

Tobacco Settlement Payments to the States

State Tobacco Settlement Spending for Tobacco Prevention 2000-2021

MSA Calls for States to Invest Tobacco Settlement Funds to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use

Using Tobacco Settlement Funds for Tobacco Prevention: Supportive Quotes from High-Ranking State Officials

Unadjusted Base Payments to the States from the Tobacco Settlements

Actual Annual Payments Received by the States from the Tobacco Settlements, 1998-2019

Adjustments to the States' Tobacco Settlement Receipts

State Tobacco Prevention Spending vs. Tobacco Company Marketing

Increasing the Sale Age for Tobacco Products to 21

Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids

Increasing the Minimum Sale Age for Tobacco Products to 21 (long version)

States and Localities that Have Raised the Tobacco Sale Age to 21

Raising the Tobacco Sale Age to 21 and the Military

Raising the Minimum Legal Sale Age to 21: Excerpts from the 2015 Institute of Medicine Report

FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products and Marketing

FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: A Common Sense Law to Protect Kids and Save Lives

Critical Elements of FDA Law

Reducing Nicotine in Cigarettes Will Reduce Addiction and Save Lives

The FDA Tobacco Rule

Tobacco Warning Labels: Evidence of Effectiveness

Federal Restrictions on Tobacco Advertising (such as the FDA Rule) are Fully Consistent with the 1st Amendment

Impact of FDA Law on State and Local Tobacco Control Efforts

CDC Tobacco Control Programs

Comprehensive Statewide Programs Reduce Tobacco Use

Public Education Campaigns Reduces Tobacco Use

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health

The Public Health Impact of CDC’s “Tips from Former Smokers” Campaign

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health

Cessation: Helping Smokers and Other Tobacco Users Quit

Quitlines Help Smokers Quit

Tobacco Cessation Works: An Overview of Best Practices and State Experiences

Benefits from Tobacco Use Cessation

Smoking and Pregnancy: The Benefits of Quitting

Immediate Smoker Savings from Quitting in Each State

Key Tobacco-Cessation Findings and Recommendations from the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Internet Sales of Tobacco Products

The PACT Act: Preventing Illegal Internet Sales of Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco & E-Cigarettes

State, Local and Tribal Government Benefits from the PACT Act

The PACT Act and Indian Tribes

Tobacco Product Marketing on the Internet

Reducing Tobacco Smuggling and Tax Evasion

State Options to Prevent and Reduce Cigarette Smuggling and to Block Other Illegal State Tobacco Tax Evasion