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The tax raises all tobacco products to the level of cigarettes which is 80 percent of the wholesale cost, as an example, a cigar that retails for $5.00 in Washington will have to sell for $9.00, two-ounce package of pipe tobacco would increase the same along with all other tobacco products

FDA possesses similar authority for drugs and devices, and this authority will hopefully serve as an additional disincentive to illegal sales

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Environmental exposures, infections like HPV, inherited genes, occupational hazards, and random cellular errors all account for cancers in otherwise low-risk people

These taxes, added onto existing tobacco taxes, can reimburse governments for the funds spent on cigarette butt litter clean-up