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New York City Wants Higher Cigarette Taxes
04/22, 2016
Cigarette butts are discarded in an ashtray outside a New York office building. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to raise the price of a pack of cigarettes from $10.50 to $13 in the city. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to raise taxes on cigarettes to persuade people to stop smoking.显示隐藏
He would raise the current $10.50 minimum price for a pack of cigarettes to $13 in New York City.显示隐藏
De Blasio said the goal of making New York the most expensive city in America to buy cigarettes is to reduce tobacco use. If people have to pay more, he said, they might decide to stop smoking, or, even better, never start.显示隐藏
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio
Anti-smoking proposal显示隐藏
The mayor is pushing a number of bills. In addition to raising taxes on cigarettes, his bills would limit the number of places selling tobacco products in New York.显示隐藏
Under one proposal, the city would bar drug stores, also known as pharmacies, from selling cigarettes.显示隐藏
Dr. Mary Bassett is New York City’s commissioner of health.显示隐藏
She said, “As a former smoker, I know how hard it is to quit. These bills will make it less likely that New Yorkers will start smoking and easier for New Yorkers who smoke to quit.”显示隐藏
New York City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett.
New York is America’s largest city, with over 8.5 million residents. The city’s Health Department says the percentage of New Yorkers who smoke has dropped from 21.5 percent in 2002 to 14.3 percent in 2005.显示隐藏
But that still leaves 900,000 smokers in the city. An d 15,000 of the city’s smokers are under age 18.显示隐藏
The idea behind the mayor's proposal is that people will stop smoking if the cost is too high.显示隐藏
Opponents said many people will continue to smoke and that some will be pushed more into
or find places to get illegal cigarettes free of taxes.显示隐藏
“Over time, it's proven again and again that these s are ultimately ineffective as people, minors included, turn more and more to the bootleggers,” said Audrey Silk. She is founder of NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment.显示隐藏
But de Blasio said
has a moral
to discourage people from smoking. He said that higher prices have been shown to stop people from smoking.显示隐藏
“When it comes to New Yorker’s health, big tobacco is pubic enemy #1,” de Blasio said.显示隐藏
Smoking around the world显示隐藏
The World Health Organization says there is no doubt that smoking cigarettes is harmful.显示隐藏
“Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers,” the WHO said in a report. It says smoking is responsible for about 6 million deaths a year across the world.显示隐藏
Globally, the WHO says there are 1.1 billion tobacco smokers aged 15 or older. About 226 million smokers live in , it said.显示隐藏
Smoking rates and taxes differ across the world.显示隐藏
The countries with the highest percentage of smokers are Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia and Slovenia, the
reports.显示隐藏
But the countries with most cigarettes smoked are China, Russia, the United States, Indonesia and Japan, the Tobacco Atlas said.显示隐藏
The Chinese smoke more cigarettes than all other low- and middle-income countries combined, the Tobacco Atlas says.显示隐藏
The atlas is put out by officials from the American Cancer Association and World Lung Foundation.显示隐藏
is a website that tracks the cost of living around the world. The site reports that the most expensive countries to buy cigarettes are: Australia, $18.77 followed by New Zealand, $16.19; Bermuda, $12.24; Norway, $12.23; and Iceland, $11.81.显示隐藏
In 2016, voters in two American states -- California and Colorado -- voted on
proposals to raises taxes on cigarettes. Voters in California approved a $2 tax increase per pack of cigarettes. But voters in Colorado rejected a $1.75 tax increase.显示隐藏
The New York City Council will now decide whether to approve or reject the anti-smoking measures offered by Mayor de Blasio.显示隐藏
I’m Bruce Alpert.显示隐藏
Bruce Alpert reported on this story for
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cigarettes - n. a small roll of paper that is filled with cut tobacco and smoked
pack - n. small packages that often include 20 cigarettes
tobacco - n. a plant that produces leaves which are smoked in cigarettes
ultimately - adv. at the end of a process
bootlegger - n. someone who cells cigarettes or other products illegally, often without providing the requires taxes to
intend - v. to want to do something
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