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Smoke-free sidewalks Statewide efforts: Last April, the California excise tax on cigarettes increased $2, and in January the California Air Resources Board declared cigarette smoke a toxic pollutant

The current study explores the change in tobacco prices in retail locations and whether the tax increase was fully passed to consumers

Because smoking is associated with higher rates of premature birth, the Medicaid costs associated with even a few high-risk childbirths by pregnant women who could have been helped by the Quitline would easily cancel out any savings for the Rauner administration, Drea said

1 Vaping is inhalation of aerosols produced by electronic cigarettes

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301887) Hopkins, D

Tobacco addiction, also known as nicotine dependence, is a compulsive need to use tobacco products despite the awareness of associated health risks