> Is it true anti-smoking campaigns are taxed from general fund? Meaning > can money collected via income tax be used for this? > > Or is that taxes from cigarette sales or the money tobacco companies give > the states, which are supposed to be earmarked for this purpose, being put > into the general fund and then pushed into such anti-smoking campaigns? > > I don't have any info on this topic but would like to know. Where is that > money originally coming from? And if they are using something like > property taxes to pay for such campaigns is it because they used the > tobacco money to repair a street last quarter and are forced to 'repay' > that money now?
It's going to be state by state but I know in New York it appears to be based on what I found at http://www.budget.state.ny.us/pubs/archive/fy0809archive/eBudget0809/agencyPresentations/pdf/doh.pdf (do a search for anti-smoking) Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287244 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
