Mission Statement

The mission of re:TH!NK, the Lakeshore Tobacco Prevention Network, is to improve the health of our residents by reducing tobacco use and exposure through prevention strategies which include community outreach and involvement to move policy forward collaboratively, across our multi-jurisdictional area.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Tobacco Tax Increases Fight the War on Tobacco

The single most influencer on a youth's decision to use tobacco or a current users decision to quit is the COST. With WI facing program cuts left and right and a $3.6 billion deficit over the next two years, increasing tobacco taxes (and not by converting our moist snuff tax from a percentage-of-price-based system to a weight-based system) is a win win win for our state's YOUTH, CURRENT USERS, and GENERAL TAXPAYERS.

Check out this Blog Post from The Examiner to read what I'm talking about.
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