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Cigarette Excise Taxes: A White Paper

Publication date: 1988

Topics: tobacco, cigarette, Congress, excise tax, African American, Hispanic American, working class, business activity, economic cost, tobacco farmer, tobacco industry employee, labor union, retail outlet, Browse by keywords in UCSF industry videos

Video opposing an attempt by Congress to increase excise taxes to address the federal deficit. The video focuses on three points: an increase in cigarette excise taxes will not significantly reduce the deficit, this type of tax is unfair to low and middle income groups, and it will have a deleterious effect on jobs in the tobacco and related industries, thereby reducing federal tax revenue.