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January 1, 2017

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The most effective tobacco taxes are simple to implement and monitor. They are uniform across products, without a tiered system, based on product characteristics or price bands. All categories of tobacco products are subject to the same tax laws and same tax rates.

Source: U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization. The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control. National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph 21. NIH Publication No. 16-CA-8029A. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute; and Geneva, CH: World Health Organization, 2017.