What Others Are Saying
The media, researchers, special interest groups and concerned citizens like you are voicing concerns about increased tobacco taxes.
Tobacco in the News
- May 11, 2008
Links between high cigarette tax, terrorism - Georgetown News-Graphic - May 7, 2008
Cigarette Taxes Are Fueling Organized Crime - The Wall Street Journal - April 29, 2008
Cigarette Smugglers Funnel Money to Terror Groups, Report Finds - FOX News - April 26, 2008
Beacon Hill's gift to the black market - The Boston Globe
Tobacco-related Reports
- 2008
Congressional Report
Tobacco and Terror: How Cigarette Smuggling is Funding our Enemies Abroad (PDF) - 2005
ATF Annual Report
Excerpt on Cigarette Smuggling (PDF) | Full Report (PDF) - May 2004
GAO Report
CIGARETTE SMUGGLING: Federal Law Enforcement Efforts and Seizures Increasing (PDF)
Fight Federal Tobacco Tax Increases
A proposal to fund SCHIP with increased federal cigarette taxes was delayed until March 2009. Learn more about FET tax.
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