Mayor: Local antitobacco activists are calling for expanded antismoking education programs paid for by revenue from heavily increased taxes on cigarettes sold in the city  Although the effectiveness of such education programs is debatable, there is strong evidence that the taxes themselves would produce the sought-after reduction in smoking
Surveys show that cigarette sales drop substantially in cities that impose stiff tax increases on cigarettes
Antismoking education programs that are funded by taxes on cigarettes will tend to lose their funding if they are successful.