Governor Jon Huntsman of the younger has approved $2,30 increase in the tax at a pack of cigarettes this morning, giving to Utah to the higher state tax cigarettes in the country on purpose to destroy remaining to the state the tax from a turn on a foodstuff.
"I think that it is quite fair compromise", the governor after public covering tax a campaign for the first time has told and how to go further, than the previous legislative offers. Target the hunter more than four times to increase existing 70 cents of the tax to a pack smokes.
Legislative leaders have been opened to idea, and has told that will be one of the themes discussed in forthcoming session of a legislature.
The speaker of House of Representatives Dave Clark, R-Santa-Klare, has told that it will support increase in taxes at tobacco while was equal to decrease in tax loading.
"I think, you can quickly pass to [lift] the tax to tobacco, to remove the tax from sales on the foodstuffs", Clark has told, putting up an united front under the aegis of discussion of legislative priorities.
The chairman of Senate Mike Waddoups, Р-Taylorsville, says that the offer of the governor will be necessary has closed around.
"I always was the supporter of removal to the state of taxes to the foodstuffs, but as I listen my council, I am not assured that they, he has told." Many a body has absolutely the election campaign on the promise without lifting taxes.... It is alternative which requires discussion ".
Senator Allen Kristensen, R-Север Ogden, already renders the created bill which will raise the tax to a pack of cigarettes on $2. The offer of the hunter to lift it to $3. A pack of cigarettes now costs from $3,50 and $5 Pack.
As in August of last year in New York was the highest state tax cigarettes in the country on $2,75, it agree to the data collected during campaign for struggle against tobacco smoking Kids. Nevertheless, in many cities on all country to impose own tax cigarettes that does package cost considerably above. On the average on the country has made $1,18.
Michael Siler, the director of state affairs to the head Utah the American oncological society, has told that was known while the governor in support of increase of taxes to tobacco, but did not know, how he will highly establish the purposes.
"As far as we know, it is a good thing", he has told, having declared that will stimulate smokers to strike on a habit and can help with a covering of expenses connected with smoking.
Supporters of cigarettes have declared that everyone the 10 percent increase in expenses at a pack of cigarettes, smoking will fall to 6,5 percent among youth and 2 percent among adults.
Utah Legislative Assembly and the governor have reduced the state parts of the tax from a turn to a foodstuff from 4,75 percent to 2,75 percent in force in January, 2007 and then to 1,75 percent as of January, 2008.
The hunter has told that $3 in packing the tax will bring in $120 million to $150 million income, for $60 million current tax generates. The hunter has told that will be "more than enough" for liquidation of the tax from a turn on a foodstuff. It will cost nearby $75 million.
"Would be more a covering that the rest of the tax from a turn on a foodstuff, and I think, would be to show the big obligations to the state people, if we creatively think how to receive something similar to make", the Hunter has told.
According to the offer of Kristensena which the American society of struggle against a cancer and other networks on struggle against smoking and public health acts supported, the most part of money would go on a covering of expenses on public health services and to programs of the termination of smoking.
Siler has told that they will be still as money for these purposes, but the group recognises that in these hard times the budget cannot happen. He has told that its organisation will do serious work still legislators this year and the next years that it will be the worthy purpose for new receipts.
The hunter says that, according to its offer, there there will be many money for the termination and public health programs.
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