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16TOBACCOOUTLETBUSINESSSEPTEMBEROCTOBER2010StateTobaccoLegislationWrap-UpByThomasA.BriantExecutiveDirectorNationalAssociationofTobaccoOutletsComparativelyspeaking2010wasabetteryearforthetobaccoindustryintermsofcigarettetaxincreasesthan2009.In2009some30statesconsideredincreasingcigarettetaxeswith11statesenactinghighertaxratesand19notpassingacigarettetaxratehike.Incontrastthisyearcigarettetaxincreasespassedinsixstatesandfailedinsevenstates.Likewise2010faredbetterintermsoftaxincreasesonothertobaccoproductsthanlastyear.During200929statesconsideredraisingtaxratesonothertobaccoproductswith14statelegislaturesenactinghighertaxratesand15statesdecliningtopasshighertaxrates.Thisyear15statesconsideredOTPtaxincreasesandtheendresultwashighertaxesinsevenstateswitheightstatesnotpassingataxrateincrease.CIGARETTETAXESDuring2010cigarettetaxincreaseswerepassedintolawinthefollowingsixstatesHawaii20centsperpacknewrate3.00perpackNewMexico75centsperpacknewrate1.66perpackNewYork1.60perpacknewrate4.35perpackSouthCarolina50centsperpacknewrate57centsperpackUtah1.005perpacknewrate1.70perpackWashington1.00perpacknewrate3.025perpackMeanwhilethesevenstatesthatdidnotenacthighercigarettetaxesareAlabamaproposed32.5centsperpackGeorgiaproposed63centsperpackIllinoisproposed50centson7110and50centson7111perpackKansasproposed55centsperpackMarylandproposed32centsperpackMississippiproposed68centsperpackMissouriproposed16centsperpackOTPTAXESRegardingtaxincreasesonothertobaccoproductsthesevenstatesthatenactedsomeformofOTPtaxrateincreasesincludedHawaiiNewHampshireNewYorkUtahVermontVirginiaandWashingtonwhileproposedOTPtaxrateincreasesdidnotpassinAlaskaConnecticutIllinoisKansasKentuckyMississippiNewMexicoandPennsylvania.SMOKINGRESTRICTIONSLastyear11statelegislaturesconsideredpassingmorerestrictionsonsmokinginpublicplacesandworkplacesandtheresultwasstricterregulationspassinginfourstatesandbillsbeingdefeatedinsevenotherstates.For2010eightoutofninestatesthatproposedsmokingrestrictionsfailedtopassthetoughermeasures.OnlyKansasenactedasmokingrestrictionbilllimitingsmokinginpublicplacesandworkplaceswhilestatelegislaturesinAlabamaAlaskaGeorgiaIndianaLouisianaMississippiMissouriandWestVirginiadidnotpassadditionalnonsmokingrestrictions.MINIMUMAGEAbilltoraisetheminimumagetopurchaseandconsumetobaccoproductsfrom18to21failedinRhodeIslandandlegislationtoraisethelegalagefrom18to19remainspendinginboththeNewJerseyandNewYorkstatelegislatures.GRAPHICWARNINGSIGNSLastSeptembertheNewYorkCityDepartmentofHealthadoptedaresolutionthatmandatesthepostingofgraphicanti-smokingsignsateverykindofretailstorethatsellstobaccoproducts.Thesignsshowdiseasedbodypartsandincludethedirectivex1cQuitSmokingToday.x1dTheobjectionstotheexplicitandgraphicnatureoftheanti-smokingsignsdevisedbytheNewYorkCityDepartmentofHealthhavebeensogreatthattworetailersandtwoNewYorkstatetradeassociationsalongwithLorillardTobaccoCo.PhilipMorrisUSAandR.J.ReynoldsTobaccoCo.DledafederaldistrictcourtlawsuitinJuneagainsttheNewYorkCityDepartmentofHealthseekingapreliminaryinjunctionagainstenforcementoftheresolution.AhearingonthecaseisscheduledforOct.142010intheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtSouthernDistrictofNewYorkinManhattan.ThislawsuithascausedlegislativeofDcialsinMassachusettstopostponefurtheractiononapendingbillthatwillrequiresimilargraphicanti-smokingsignsinretailstoresacrossMassachusettsuntilaftertheOctobercourthearingontheNewYorkCitysignrequirement.TOBThomasBrianttheexecutivedirectorofNATOcanbecontactedat866-869-8888orbye-mailsenttoinfonatocentral.org.TRADETALKBYTHOMASBRIANT