Tobacco use leads to an increased risk of pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, and emphysema.
West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming the USA Friday . In recent years, many states have raised cigarette tax rates, and in every case, they have reduced cigarette consumption while increasing revenues to balance budgets and fund vital programs. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Michigan, tracked the same youth over a period of up to six years. The study found that a 10 percent increase in the price of cigarettes would decrease the number of children who start to smoke by up to 10 percent. If cigarette prices were raised just 10 percent per pack nationwide, it would reduce the number of kids who become regular smokers by more than a million, saving them from addiction, disease and death.