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Tips, Classes and
H ealth C orner Programs to help

you live healthier!

on purpose so people that smoke consider stopping. When it comes to
will feel like they have to spend their smoking, money is a big factor.
money on cigarettes.
Tobacco Tax Increases the As of July 1, 2024, Maryland has the
Real Cost of Smoking Tobacco companies make billions of second highest cigarette tax in the
dollars every year off of people that nation. A $1.25 tax increase per pack

By Heather Grove, BSN, RN
buy their products. Many people that of 20 cigarettes was passed during
You have probably heard that smoking smoke consume a pack or more of the most recent legislative session
cigarettes causes cancer, heart disease, cigarettes every day. Th e monetary bringing the cigarette tax to $5.00 per
and breathing problems. When people cost has only increased over the years. pack in the State of Maryland. Other

start smoking, they don’t usually plan Increases are a mix of profits for the tobacco products, including electronic
to smoke a lot but the nicotine in tobacco companies and tobacco taxes. smoking devices, also had tax
cigarettes is addictive. Meaning once increases in the form of percentages
According to the American Lung

someone starts smoking, they will take effect July 1.
Association, raising taxes on tobacco
likely crave more and more nicotine to
products is one of the most eff ective The average retail cost of a pack of

feel good and get through their days.
ways to prevent kids from starting cigarettes in Maryland is now $13.37.
Cigarette manufacturers design their
to use tobacco products and it At that cost, a person that smokes
products to be as addictive as possible
encourages individuals that smoke to one pack a day will spend over $400 a
month or $4,880 a year.
KEEP THE BEAT Oftentimes it is the money that

really motivates people to want to
stop smoking. When someone stops
CPR & First Aid Training smoking for even just a week, they
save nearly $100! If they stay smoke-
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Call or text 410-829-0848 to learn
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Maryland Quitline is another great
resource available to anyone 13 and
older looking for support to stop using
DOT/CDL
any tobacco products. Th e Quitline
can be reached 24/7 at 1-800-QUIT-
MEDICAL EXAMS
NOW.
Complying with New
Government Requirements Reference(s): https://www.lung.org/
media/press-releases/tobacco-tax-
in-maryland-2024; https://assets.
FMCSA Certified Physician
tobaccofreekids.org/factsheets/0202.
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