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Fewlawsaresoeffectivethatyoucanseeresultsjustdaysaftertheytakeeffect.Butintheninedayssincethefederalcigarettetaxmorethandoubled--to$1.01perpack--smokershavejammedtelephone"quitlines"acrossthecountryseekingtokickthehabit.
Thisisnotasurprisetopublichealthadvocates.They'vestudiedtheeffectofstatetaxincreasesforyears,findingthatsmokers,especiallyteens,arepricesensitive.Norisitashocktotheindustry,whichfiercelyfightseverytaxincrease.
Theonlywonderisthatsomanystatesinsistonclosingtheirearstothemessage.Tobaccotaxesimprovepublichealth,theyraisemoneyandmostparticularly,theydeterpeoplefromtakingupthehabitasteens,whichiswhennearlyallsmokersareaddicted.Yettherateoftaxationvarieswidely.
InManhattan,forinstance,whichhasthehighesttaxinthenation,apackofMarlboroLightKingscost$10.06atonedrugstoreWednesday.Charleston,S.C,wherethe7-cent-a-packtaxisthelowestinthenation.Thepricewas$4.78.Theinfluenceisobvious.
InNewYork,highschoolsmokinghitanewlowinthelatestsurveys--13.8%,farbelowthenationalaverage.Bycomparison,26%ofhighschoolstudentssmokeinKentucky,Otherlow-taxstateshavesimilarlydepressingteen-smokingrecords.
HalRogers,RepresentativefromKentucky,likethosewhoareagainsthightobaccotaxes,arguesthattheburdenofthetaxfallsonlow-incomeAmericans"whochoosetosmoke."
That'strue.Butthereismorereasoninkeepingfuturegenerationsoflow-incomeworkersfromgettinghookedinthefirstplace,asfortoday'sadults,ifthenewtaxdrivesthemtoquit,theywillhavemoretospendontheirfamilies,cuttheirriskofcancerandheartdiseaseandfeelbetter.
Thetextismainlyabout_________. A.thepriceofcigarettes
B.therateofteensmoking
C.theeffectoftobaccotaxincrease
D.thedifferencesintobaccotaxrate

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