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Eliminating tobacco use elminates tax revenue

Health experts want to eliminate tobacco use within 40 years.

If people don’t buy cigarettes, that means less revenue for the state and federal governments. Dr. Michael Fiore, Director of the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, says that’s not a problem. He says when people give up their smokes, the high cost of tobacco-related health care will disappear, as will the high cost of lost productivity.