New York City smokers have been sent out of time, coughed with disdain, and now they are burdened by taxes on cigarettes more expensive in the nation. Now add the cost of damage, the state is declaring its highest-in-the-nation cigarette tax a success. Their number is a state-smoking Quitline quadrupled to nearly 10,000 calls, week 2 June, when the tax of $ 2.75 pack kicks, New York City health commissioner, Dr. Richard Dainese said. Less than 2,300 people called for help during the same week of 2007.
"Not everyone that tries, quits," Daines said. "We estimate about 140,000 New Yorkers quit smoking successfully. We have more than a million try to cut down or stop, but it's how you get people to try: give them multiple chances and multiple reasons to stop."
The increase took effect on June 3 sent the tax from $ 1.25 to $ 2.75 per pack. In most of the state, cigarettes range between $ 6 and $ 8 per package, depending on the brand and the store prices. Can cost up to $ 10 in New York, which has its own tax. Smokers calling the Quitline requested some 7,900 kits the week the new tax was introduced in 1722 compared to same period requested in the last year.
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