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qtlhe Tobacco News story on cigarette taxes was rePortediby both Associated Press and United Press'Intelaatiiotlal news services and notediin a,wdde ran'ge'of'newspapers'. PITTSBURGH PRESS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ipri1 8, 1962 .... : . - Today's Trends I (.`43rJ3r7~_sy 1 Cilgaret Tax Larger . Than `Space Budiget Smokers' Levy Wouldi Finance NASA Needs And Buy 40 Missiles Beside:. ' By W. L BUSSLrldy Peesa Ewsiner Edto~r The average amoker'who pays'his cigaaeh taxes In dribbles probably never adds up his contrdbutboa through, this channel to various levels of' govern- . ment. This speciall smoker's tax last year brought in about, 3:1 1ii111on dollars tot Federal, stlto and local, govr ernments. . lftat Is more than the Na- ttonal' Aviation and Space Atettey needa for Its fiscali 1963 spaca program. In fact, yoa,oould buy 40 Atlas mSs stles with the money left over. With the same moni the, U. S could cover'the 1963' opRratdons of'six big depart. ments - Commerce, Labor, Post Offlce„State;IDeparVnent;. Federal Aviation Agency and the General Services Athnin, triratlon. The tax money from ic4rr sefa also would finance the iaalth and hospital pro rrams ob every state In thee tsadon for a year. with , enong'h left to build 500 htw pltals at one milllon dollkes each. . Or you could build 155,f1(l0 new houses for 520,q00ieach. ... ..- _ _ a-.. 0 .. .. 0 3 EXAZ~NER 11ERAfZ Los Angelies, Calif. April 23,, 1962' tt11tOHL 11HAT'CIGA'RET WA'BElIIVf4TON'(UPI)-. U.6 ,qmokers'pafd enough In,olga ret taxes last year to meet'the cost'of'the US: Space A'gen• cyts flacal 1903' prtr-_tn, wittt• enough funds left over'to buy. 40'Atlas missiles, the Tobacco PnA=te etxlmates: ~ ~. ~ l1i~0'~. r ~.~A-94 IWNE~ ~ ~5 St. Pet'~ersL,.rgH, FLa. Chbaago, 1 inoi April 4, 1962 Apr4 4, 1962 Smokers' Taxes -Ciiganet Taxes Cover Space : Could Pay for Ageney Budget -. NASA Budget' NEW YORK 131 - Taxea paid last year by US: smokers would more than cover tho ,1963 budget of the UiS. space agency, a te- bacco industry orgaaization esti- mated yesterday. Cigarette taxes in 11961 amount= ed to about $3.1 billion at local,, state and: federal government kwels; according to the Tobaeco, Institute, Inc. ~ The institute is an organixa, tion, representing most of the, major cigarette and tobacco manufacturers. The 1963 b'odlget'of the Na- 'tional Aeronauties and Space Ad- mfnistration is $2.96 billion. The ittstitute noted,tttis means taxes paid by smokers -would also buy. • 10 Atlas missiles in addition to covering the NASA program. The institute said that , putting lt another way, annual cigarette tax crollections' would cover the Lrosts,of,six key govetvtnent de- parRmentss in 1963: Comtnerce,.. Labor, Post Office, State, Fed, erat Aviation i Agency and Gen+ 'eral Services Administrationj _. NEW' YORK WORLD TEL,EGRAM New York, New York April 3, 1962 _ Tax~eS on~iga~e~s~,~_~ 1b:~n~ Exceei Space Cast's sy<e:.t iro .wuru-rr7rV+'.•••.t . s... K'A':SHINGTO'.1f. April 2. --U:S.I smokerss paid enough in rtigarrt.taxes.last year to payy tor the U.S. space agencr's tis- cal 063 ptroFram uith funds left to buy 10 . Atlas ~ missiles, aoroMtne, to Tobacco A:e.v.; publihh •d I by the Tobacco in- atttute Inc. Cigarett taxes laisf}ear. brought' in about53.1 billion to all levels of government in . the U.S. - federal: state . and local. The 19G3'3 budget , of tlte National Aetanauticsand Space Administration is $2.96billion: Puttinq, itanothnr xav, theannual rigaret tax collection.arould prosidee enough mon~yto pay for the 1969' operatiorn of six key.go%ernment depatt- ments: Commerco. Labor. Posf Office. State„the Federal Acia- •tion Agrncy and the Genetal Servicrs Admim;tration, wa'llobacuo \rna-- -19G9 Program, withenou,h fundsleft'ovet, to buy 40 Atlas misc,iles., New York, April 3 (di- Taes paid last year by American smokers would more than cover the 1963 bndget of tbe United States space agency, aI tobacco in- . dtulr' organization esti- mated I today. Ctgaret taxes ta1 1961 amoanted' to about 3 billion 100 million dollars at local,-state, and federal govera ment'leveb, according to the 1oQ Ibstitnte., Inc. '!me mstitote !s an orgaa- tsatiAn representing moet of the major dgaret and tobac- co manufacturers. The 1963! budget' of the Na. 8onal Aeronaatics andlSpace admmistration Is 2' billion, f6o million do0ars. The lastt; tnte noted tbis means taxess paid by smokers also would buy 40 Atlas missiles in ad- Aitios to t:overing, the NASA program. CMEFTpN 7&S ~F Pueblo, Colorado April 4, 1962 Cigarette Tazec - Top Space Bvdl,et WASIIDVGTON (UPI) - U,S smokers paid enough in cigarette taxes last:year to . meet the cost of the U.S. Spaee Agenq's fiscal FINANCIAL TIMES London, gngland' APr~i'1 11, 1962 f~~°J,~,~~ -~ U .S..S. Sb10KERSW'' S3,1MOM: TAX BILL . The US: has eollected morethan, enoughI in cigarrtte taxestos pay for itss space programmefor the, nexthnancial year, th;:-tradee paper robacco.Ne.rs reports.fromWash'ingtUn. The. paper., published I by the' Tobacco. InstiEute; reported thatcigarette taxeslasr year produced - Slalqm. (about E I;1Wbm.) in Federa I, . State and local gorrrnmentt levies. Estiinatedi cost otthe spaeee pro., ~ramme in the 1963 ' fifinancial ypr u. SZ.qbOm. , or about L 1 W51.7m. , Tobacco grorvin`. whicL required more labour per acre than any other agricultural crop supportedd an I indus try. worth 17300m. a year, tt,i report uid. and about 40: per cent. of the priee of one parJcet of Z0 ~ eira.rettes was nised through Govemmert levies and salesta;:,