April 15 is the day tobacco companies pay $9 billion for tobacco illnesses, but is it enough?
- Written by Charles Betley, Senior Policy Analyst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Cigarettes have been known for years to cause many diseases. Tobacco companies now have to pay $9 billion each year to help states pay for the costs of treatment to people they sickened.Protosav-AN/Shutterstock.comApril 15 is Tax Day in the U.S., and it is a bitter pill for many.
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