Genomics 283, 233241
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The ballot measure was designed to incrementally increase the statutory cigarette tax rate to $1.80 per pack by July 2027, thereby increasing the total state-levied cigarette tax to $2.64 per pack
Tobacco-smoking can cause at least 16 types of cancer including cancers of the nose, mouth, voice box, throat, food pipe, lung, breast, liver, stomach, kidney, pancreas, bowel, ovary, bladder, cervix, and bone marrow
Additionally, secondhand smoke exposure is linked to cancers of the larynx, pharynx, nasal sinuses, brain, bladder, rectum, stomach, and breast
This could be because the survey was conducted over the phone, which may have resulted in unreported cases