We urge New York State to make it a top priority in 2013 to stem the tide of cigarette-tax evasion in the interest of maximizing tax revenue, employment, economic growth, and community health. Meanwhile outside Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, investigators have been raiding stores across the county that have been ripping off taxpayers of millions of dollars by selling cigarettes without proper taxes, according to a CBS2 report
(SPOILER ALERT: A move toward better health involves the word quit.) Chronic lung disease isnt just one single type of respiratory disease
Tax stamps are required to be affixed to bottom of packages of cigarettes before the sale or distribution in the state
The recent wave of lung disease in youth was caused by vaping cannabis that was illegally produced
There is no state excise tax on medical marijuana paid by the consumer
For youth ready to quit, help is available