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ACTION ALERT ON HB 2737
 
The bill to raise the cigarette tax by 50 cents and the tobacco products tax to 57% of wholesale price has been heard by the House Taxation Committee on February 7 and 8. The tax increase would fund significant parts of the Kansas Public Health Authority proposals for health reform as well as reduce consumption and prevalence rates of tobacco use in Kansas. See bill text at http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/2737.pdf
 
It is important that the Tax Committee members know how important this bill is to their constituents.  Urge your Tax Committee member  to vote on this measure and move it to the full House for a vote.  Contact YOUR House member or a House member you know on this issue.  See the list below for contact information—either by phone or by email.
 
Talking points:
1.       Thanks for hearing HB 2737 on this very important issue.
2.       I am asking you to support the tax increase and move the bill favorably out of the Tax Committee.
3.       Passing this bill would reduce the prevalence of smoking in Kansas, keep more Kansas kids from smoking, and raise the funding needed for health reform programs and initiatives in the state.
4.       Please let me know what you think about this bill at this point (or for next year, if action is not foreseen on this issue this session).
5.       I would appreciate hearing  about any action that is taken on this bill.

Be sure to list your name and address so that your legislator will know if you are a constituent.  Be sure to share with us any information you receive.
 
Kansas House of Representatives Committee on Taxation: