Cigarette tax included in final budget, how could it impact Hoosier health outcomes?

Cigarette tax hike, IU board rework passed in new budget as 2025 Indiana legislative session ends

Indiana lawmakers passed a reworked budget with tax increases and cuts on April 25.

Cigarette tax included in final budget, how could it impact Hoosier health outcomes?

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana lawmakers are working on passing a budget that would increase the states cigarette tax by $2 per pack. Lawmakers say it will help with the states budget deficit and medicaid costs.I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. Within a few months of that diagnosis, I had three friends that were diagnosed with lung cancer, three. I am the only survivor, said Christina Yoder a cancer policy advocate with the American Cancer Socie…