According to the CDC, children who grow up around smokers are more prone to develop sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, respiratory infections, and middle ear disease, among others
The revenue figures in Graphic 24 do not quite represent the total change in state tax revenue as a result in a change in the tax levied, since they do not include the effect of people reducing their smoking in response to a tax hike or increasing their smoking in response to a tax cut.[] Nor do the figures include the impact on the revenue estimates of the general sales tax levied on cigarettes
Its not just the weight itself that matterswhere it accumulates is significant
Atlanta, GA: US Dept of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health
For their protection, please keep them out of reach of children and pets
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