1. New Smokeless Tobacco Products and Taxes 5 th National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco September 22, 2009 Ann Boonn Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

3. National Cigarette vs. Snuff Tobacco Sales, 2007-2008 Source: TTB Tobacco Statistics Taxed Cigarette Sales - 4.2% Taxed Snuff Sales + 7.3%

4. Examples of states with tobacco tax discrepancies Pennsylvania: –Cigarette tax rate: $1.35 per pack –NO tax on smokeless tobacco products Tennessee: –Cigarette tax rate: 62¢ per pack (roughly 27% of the average cigarette wholesale price) –Smokeless tobacco tax rate: 6.6% wholesale price

5. LOW-WEIGHT MOIST SNUFF Traditional Moist Snuff Smokeless 1 tin = 1.2 to 1.5 oz. Marlboro Snus 1 “foil pack” (6 pouches) = 0.1 oz. Camel Snus 1 tin (15 pouches) = 0.32 oz. UST Skoal Pouches 1 tin (20 pouches) = 0.82 oz

6. MORE LOW-WEIGHT MOIST SNUFF Stonewall Hard Snuff 1 box of 20 “Pieces” = 0.335 oz. Camel Orbs 1 box of 15 “Pieces” = 0.12 oz. Weights of other Camel Dissolvables currently unavailable

7. Ensuring states adequately tax smokeless tobacco products 1)Percentage of price tax system, with minimum tax (BEST) 2)Modified weight-based system 3)Simple percentage of price 4)Simple weight-based system (WORST)

10. FIXING SMOKELESS DEFINITIONS “Smokeless tobacco” means snuff or chewing tobacco. “Snuff” or “Moist Snuff” means any finely cut, ground, or powdered tobacco that is not intended to be smoked [that is intended to be placed in the nasal and/or oral cavity] “Chewing tobacco” means any leaf tobacco that is not intended to be smoked. “Smokeless tobacco” means snuff or chewing tobacco and also includes any other product containing tobacco that is intended or expected to be consumed without being combusted.

11. Last Point: Put OTP tax revenues towards tobacco prevention and cessation!

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