What Will I-773 Do? I-773 will lead to an additional $0.60 tax per pack of 20 cigarettes, generating $160 million in fiscal year 2003, $159 million in fiscal year 2004, and more than $155 million in every fiscal year thereafter.…
What Will I-773 Do? I-773 will lead to an additional $0.60 tax per pack of 20 cigarettes, generating $160 million in fiscal year 2003, $159 million in fiscal year 2004, and more than $155 million in every fiscal year thereafter.…
Regressive Tax: Opponents to I-773 say that because smoking levels are highest among people with low incomes, cigarette tax increases are regressive taxes that unfairly impact lower-income families and communities. Research indicates that: The fact that smoking rates are highest…
Twenty-eight percent of people below the age of 65 with incomes below, at, or near poverty do not have health coverage. Public policy and the private sector are failing to insure many low and moderate-income working families in Washington state.…
I-773 will raise the current Washington state cigarette tax by $0.60 and impose a comparable surtax on other tobacco products. The additional tax revenues ($160 million in fiscal year 2003) will be used to: expand access to the Basic Health…
