MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Apr 9;59(13):385-8.
Increasing the price of cigarettes can reduce smoking substantially by discouraging initiation among youths and young adults, prompting quit attempts, and reducing average cigarette consumption among those who continue to smoke. Increasing cigarette excise taxes is one of the most effective tobacco control policies because it directly increases cigarette prices, thereby reducing cigarette use and smoking-related death and disease. All states and the District of Columbia (DC) impose an excise tax on cigarettes. Because many states increased their cigarette excise taxes in 2009, CDC conducted a survey of these tax increases. For this report, CDC reviewed data contained in a legislative database to identify cigarette excise tax legislation that was enacted during 2009 by the 50 states and DC. During that period, 15 states (including DC), increased their state excise tax on cigarettes, increasing the national mean from $1.18 per pack in 2008 to $1.34 per pack in 2009. However, none of the 15 states dedicated any of the new excise tax revenue by statute to tobacco control. Additionally, for the first time, two states (Connecticut and Rhode Island) had excise tax rates of at least $3.00 per pack. Additional increases in cigarette excise taxes, and dedication of all resulting revenues to tobacco control and prevention programs at levels recommended by CDC, could result in further reductions in smoking and associated morbidity and mortality.
提高香烟价格可以通过遏制青少年和年轻人的吸烟初始率、促使戒烟尝试以及降低继续吸烟人群的平均吸烟量，从而大幅减少吸烟。提高香烟消费税是最有效的烟草控制政策之一，因为它直接提高了香烟价格，从而减少了香烟使用和与吸烟相关的死亡和疾病。所有州和哥伦比亚特区（DC）都对香烟征收消费税。由于 2009 年许多州提高了香烟消费税，CDC 对这些增税进行了调查。在本报告中，CDC 审查了立法数据库中包含的数据，以确定 2009 年 50 个州和 DC 颁布的香烟消费税立法。在此期间，有 15 个州（包括 DC）提高了州内香烟消费税，使全国平均每包从 2008 年的 1.18 美元提高到 2009 年的 1.34 美元。然而，这 15 个州中没有一个州通过法规将新增消费税收入的一部分专门用于烟草控制。此外，这是首次有两个州（康涅狄格州和罗得岛州）的香烟消费税税率达到每包至少 3.00 美元。进一步提高香烟消费税，并按照 CDC 建议的水平将所有新增税收用于烟草控制和预防项目，可能会进一步减少吸烟以及相关的发病率和死亡率。
