Excise in Medical News

Raise Federal Alcohol Tax to Finance Prevention Trust Fund, Partnership Urges House Chairmen

... of a health care reform bill to raise the federal excise tax on alcoholic beverages and apply those ... wellness initiatives. "Higher alcohol excise taxes are an important tool in reducing the ... Gould also noted that federal alcohol excise taxes were last raised in 1991 and have not kept ...

State Tobacco Control a Mixed Bag

... Giovino added. "Over the years, states have taken more money in from excise taxes and the tobacco settlement payments, and yet they have cut back on ... coverage to help people quit. Making smoking more expensive through excise taxes on cigarettes is a proven way to get people not to start smoking or ...

No April Fooling: Higher Taxes On Tobacco Really Do Reduce Smoking, Says American Lung Association of Upper Midwest

... CHICAGO, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal excise tax on tobacco is increasing on April 1, 2009, a change that may cause ... adulthood, half will die of smoking related illnesses." The federal excise tax will fund a continuation and expansion of the State Children's Health ...

Duane Reade Holdings, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results

... sales price on its cigarettes commensurate with an increase in cigarette excise taxes in New York State. Although such additional sales do not result in ... of Zyrtec to over-the-counter status. The June 2008 increase in cigarette excise taxes in New York State positively impacted front-end sales by 0.5%. Total ...

American Cancer Society report details cancer prevention efforts

... men and 18.0% in women, as of 2006. Currently, 25 states have a state excise tax less than $1.00 per pack of cigarettes. These low-taxing states are ... since 2000, only 23 states have laws requiring that a portion of their excise taxes be dedicated to health, cancer control, or tobacco control programs. ...

Study finds patients with complex fibroadenomas can avoid surgery

... the management of these patients is not clear, there is a tendency to excise them on surgery following a needle biopsy, said Miri Sklair-Levy, MD, lead ... similar to simple fibroadenomas, meaning follow-up without the need to excise the lesions surgically. The exception to this practice would be if some ...

Smoke-Free Workplace Laws, Cigarette Taxes on the Rise

... government on several key measures. They included the 39-cent federal excise tax on cigarettes; the status of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco ... think that raising taxes makes sense, and we oppose large increases in excise taxes," he said. Pete Fisher, vice president for state issues at the ...

Health care leaders say need for reform is urgent

... for a variety of approaches to financing coverage expansion, more than three-fourths of survey respondents (79%) support increasing the federal excise tax on alcohol, cigarettes, and sugar-sweetened drinks, and 77% support requiring employers to offer coverage or pay a percentage of payroll to ...

CCH Briefing Highlights Tax Provisions of Health Care Reform Proposals

... been discussed but not yet released in legislative language, from modifying or repealing the itemized deduction for medical expenses to imposing an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. "If health care reform is enacted in any form, it will almost certainly include many changes to the tax ...

First Anniversary of New War on Cancer Marks Many Advances

... 4 million children who currently lack health insurance. In order to help fund this expansion of coverage, the new law raises the current federal excise tax on cigarettes, a strategy that was included in the National Call to Action . Raising the cost of cigarettes is an effective way to reduce youth ...

American College of Chest Physicians Celebrates the Nation's Victory for Tobacco Control

... as other Members of Congress, to support tobacco control legislation, including the smoking ban on all domestic flights and the increase of federal excise tax on tobacco. The ACCP represents 17,400 members who provide patient care in the areas of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine in the ...

Duane Reade Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

... In addition, the front-end same-store sales reflect an increase in cigarette prices commensurate with an increase in New York State cigarette excise taxes. Although such additional sales did not result in any additional profit to the Company, the increase in the sales price on cigarettes ...

New Ohio Ad Campaign Calls for Taxing All Tobacco Products at Same Rate

... cigarettes and are often blatantly aimed at children. They are cheaper and more affordable to kids than regular cigarettes because they have lower excise tax rates and they are often sold individually rather than in packs because their classification exempts them from state laws setting minimum pack ...

U and CDC find startling numbers of active-military personnel engaging in frequent binge drinking

... strategies to prevent underage and binge drinking, such as maintaining and enforcing the age 21 minimum legal drinking age and increasing alcohol excise taxes." Although the data was collected in 2005, researchers note that the problem of binge drinking among active-duty personnel has been ...

Baltimore's Ban on Sale of Single, Cheap Cigars Will Protect Kids and Health

... are more affordable to price-sensitive kids than regular cigarettes because they are sold individually for as little as 50 cents each, have lower excise tax rates and are exempt from state laws setting minimum pack sizes for cigarettes. Most insidiously, they often come in candy and fruit flavors, ...

U.S. Flunks on Tobacco Control Report Card

... recruit new smokers and we certainly don't want anyone under age using tobacco products of any kind." Sutton said Philip Morris is "opposed to excise taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products because they unfairly burden adult tobacco consumers." The company supports the efforts of smokers who want ...

American Lung Association Report Card Flunks Federal Government and Most States for Neglecting to Prevent Tobacco Caused Illness

... tobacco control program at the CDC-recommended level next year. Only Massachusetts, New York and the District of Columbia raised cigarette excise taxes in 2008, despite evidence linking increased cigarette prices with decreased smoking rates, especially among youth. About the ...

Report Shows Progress in Fight Against Cancer, but Congress, States Must Step Up Efforts to Reduce Smoking, Lung Cancer

... through 2005 in 13 states and decreased only in three. As the report notes, these 13 states have higher percentages of female smokers, low tobacco excise tax rates, fewer tobacco control activities and local economies that are traditionally dependent on tobacco farming and production. Every ...

Annual report to the nation finds declines in cancer incidence and death rates

... in a geographic area. The 13 states where lung cancer death rates for women are on the rise have higher percentages of adult female smokers, low excise taxes, and local economies that are traditionally dependent on tobacco farming and production. In contrast, California, which was the first state to ...

U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time

... cancer rates, especially in women, are increasing in 13 states in the South and Midwest," Jemal said. These states have more female smokers, low excise taxes, and local economies that are traditionally dependent on tobacco farming and production, he said. Besides lung cancer, smoking also causes ...

Duane Reade Holdings, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results

... over-the-counter status. Additionally, in June 2008, the Company raised the sales price on its cigarettes commensurate with an increase in cigarette excise taxes in New York State. Although such additional sales do not result in any additional profit to the Company, the increase in the sales price on ...

West Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results

... of 2008. 2007 Tax Adjustments: Our three and nine-month results ending September 2007 include a provision for Brazilian social security, excise and other tax compliance issues totaling $8.6 million pre-tax ($6.3 million net of related tax deductions). Results for the three and nine-month ...

American Heart Association CEO Announces Retirement

... focused research programs. -- Continuing to enhance its reputation in advocacy, with many successes in clean indoor air efforts, tobacco excise taxes and a renewed focus on improving access to care. "Cass has been an extraordinary CEO for the American Heart Association who has taken our ...

New Report: Increasing Mississippi's Cigarette Tax Will Reduce Smoking, Save Lives and Save Money

... the nation and well below the statewide average of $1.16 per pack. Since 2002, 44 states and the District of Columbia have increased their cigarette excise taxes 80 times. Twenty-six states and DC currently have cigarette tax rates of $1 per pack or higher, and 11 states have a cigarette tax rate of $2 ...

Baltimore's Proposed Ban on Sale of Single, Cheap Cigars Would Protect Kids and Health

... Individual cigars, including so-called "little cigars," are more affordable to price-sensitive kids than regular cigarettes because they have lower excise tax rates and are exempt from state laws setting minimum pack sizes for cigarettes. Most insidiously, they often come in candy and fruit flavors, ...

American Lung Association Hails Decision to Snuff Out Smoking in U.S. Senate Lounges

... led efforts in the Senate to cease sales of tobacco products in its retail stores. Tobacco products were being sold without District of Columbia excise taxes--making them cheaper and easier to obtain. The combined actions of these Senators to limit people's access and exposure to tobacco products and ...

RAI CEO: 'Returning Value in a Challenging Time'

... DUNHILL and STATE EXPRESS 555 transferred January 1, 2008, into All Other from the RJR Tobacco segment. Supplemental information: excise tax expense $437 $494 Master settlement agreement and other state settlement expense ...

Toddlers Affected Most by Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home

... and promotion of tobacco products. The association also advocates for comprehensive clean indoor workplace policies, as well as increases in tobacco excise taxes and tobacco control prevention and cessation programs. ...

Targeting astrocytes slows disease progression in ALS

... whether mutant SOD1 damage to the astrocytes contributes to disease progression in ALS, researchers in the Cleveland lab used a genetic trick to excise the mutant SOD1 gene, but only in astrocytes. Reduction of the disease-causing mutant SOD1 in astrocytes did not slow disease onset or early ...

Heart and stroke death rates steadily decline; risks still too high

... change and with medications. In addition, a variety of strategies to reduce smoking in this country have made a difference, including tobacco excise taxes, clean indoor air legislation and smoking cessation efforts. But not everyone is receiving the proven medicines and treatments that save ...

Lung Cancer Alliance Hails Massachusetts Senator for Taking Lead on Lung Cancer Legislation

... chemoprevention, and disparities." The bill, introduced today with 20 Senators and 50 House Members as co-sponsors, taps a portion of the cigarette excise revenue to establish screening programs for the high risk population, promote the development of new diagnostic and screening technologies for lung ...

West Pharmaceutical Services Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results

... measures. 2007 Tax Adjustments: Our three and nine-month results ending September 2007 include a provision for Brazilian social security, excise and other tax compliance issues totaling $8.6 million pre-tax ($6.3 million net of related tax deductions). The increased provision followed a ...

UCLA doctor develops new technique to treat varicose veins

... from the thighs, calves and ankles. The technique combines two current varicose vein-removal methods powered phlebectomy and stab phlebectomy which excise veins through a small incision in the skin. Lawrence's method also employs transilllumination, in which a light source is placed beneath the skin to ...

Union Budget: Impact on Health Sector

... I propose to increase the specific rates of excise duty on cigarettes by about 5 per cent. Similarly, excise duty (excluding cess) on biris, which was last ... machine made biris. There is an exemption from excise duty for unbranded biris up to 20 lakh biris in a ...

Small Cars, Anti-AIDS And Anti-Cancer Drugs Would Be Cheaper

... 10 anti-AIDS drugs and 14 anti-cancer drugs will fall drastically with the excise duty being slashed to five percent. The prices of electronic ... of steel and plastic products are also expected to head south with the excise duty on these reduced. Excise duty on petrol passenger cars up to ...

President Bush Not for Expansion of Child Health Insurance

... but he doesnt seem to mind. Key members of the Senate Finance Committee announced a bipartisan deal late last week that would raise the federal excise tax on cigarettes by 61 cents, to $1 a pack, to expand the program by $35 billion over the next five years. That would create total program ...

Village Panchayat in Tamil Nadu Bans Tobacco Consumption

... welcomed this initiative. "It is good for our children's future, claimed Rupavathi. The Government earns around 32,000 crores of rupees as excise revenue from tobacco products. As against this, the amount spent on medical treatment for tobacco related diseases is believed to be nearly 40, 000 ...

Ban on Smoking is Not a Magic Wand to Reduce Health Inequalities, UK Campaigners Warn

... include banning point-of-sale advertising for cigarettes, removing restrictions on the sale of nicotine replacement therapies, and for customs and excise and the police to seriously tackle tobacco smuggling. The Department of Health has allocated 112m to PCTs for smoking cessation services over ...

Quick, Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy

... that the men involved in the study had all been diagnosed with non-aggressive, localized cancers. "With more aggressive tumors, surgeons must often excise the tissues that we need for reconstruction, so the technique is not useful in those cases," Dr. Vaughan says. "But those cases are ...