A Maryland health advocacy group has released a study on the effects of tax increases on small cigars and smokeless tobacco products. The Maryland Health Care For All Coalition says the tax increase on "little cigars" is expected to cut the use of these products by those under 18 by 30-percent in the first year.
The tax increases were approved this year. They went into effect in July. The coalition pushed for the tax increases in order to make the products expensive for children. Taxes went from 15 percent of wholesale to 70 percent on "little cigars." Taxes on smokeless tobacco such as snuff went from 15 percent to 30 percent.
Students at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School (MERVO) in Baltimore have worked with the coalition to discourage young people from using these products. The coalition found that the products that cost anywhere from $1-$5 before the tax hike, now cost up to $8.
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