benefits of a $2 tobacco tax

WE CAN REDUCEYOUTH SMOKING

RATES BY MAKINGTOBACCO LESSAFFORDABLE

INCREASING NORTH DAKOTA’S TOBACCO TAX TO $2 PER PACK CAN REDUCE YOUTH SMOKING RATES BY AN INCREDIBLE 25%

INCREASING THE TOBACCO TAX TO

$2 PER PACK CAN REDUCE YOUTH SMOKING RATES BY AN INCREDIBLE 25%

NORTH DAKOTA’SHIGH SCHOOL SMOKING

RATE IS 19.4% - A 25%REDUCTION WOULD

REDUCE THE RATE TONEARLY 14%

Source for youth smoking rates: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS); Public Health Benefits from Increasing a Cigarette Tax

AT 44 CENTS PER PACK OF CIGARETTES, NORTH DAKOTA HAS THE 46TH LOWEST TOBACCO TAX IN THE NATION, AND HAS

NOT RAISED ITS TOBACCO TAX FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS - SINCE 1993.

Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0202.pdf

PREVENTS 7,900 NORTH DAKOTA

YOUTH FROM BECOMING ADULT

SMOKERS

A.

PREVENT 4,700 PREMATURE

SMOKING-CAUSED DEATHS IN

NORTH DAKOTA

B.

SAVE $312.90 MILLION IN LONG-TERM

HEALTH CARE COSTS

C.

Source: Public Health Benefits from Increasing a Cigarette Tax

INCREASING AND MAINTAINING A

HIGH TOBACCO TAX IS AMONG THE

MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT

YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EVER

STARTING TO USE TOBACCO

Source: CDC Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco

Control Programs

A TOBACCO TAX INCREASE IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA