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An $80 million revenue increase will do little to make up for the billion-dollar predicted shortfall especially if price-sensitive smokers quit, smoke less, or purchase cigarettes in New Hampshire, thereby forgoing the tax altogether

Janet Mills called for the tobacco tax increases in her biennial budget proposal, citing that the cigarette tax had not been increased since 2005 and had become the lowest rate in New England, which contributed to the state having the highest adult smoking rate and the second-highest youth smoking rate in the region

The average pack-a-day smoker will be spending 15+ every day

In France, for example, people under the age of 18 cannot buy vapes and their use is banned in certain public places, including universities and on public transport