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h October 21, 1960 WASHINGTON-Tobacco users are bearing the brunt of the heavy increases in state excise tax collections, it is reported by Tobacco News, publication of The Tobacco Institute, Inc. i State excise tax collections on tobacco products increased 36.1 per cent from 1959 to 1960, ac- cording to U. S. Census Bureau fi•gures, the publication said. This was more than double the increase in general sales tax col. lections in the states, and four times greater than the increase for other heavily-taxed' consumer products. General sales tax col} lections (on aIl types of goods and services) increased 16.4 per `cent during the year. Gasoline tax collections were up 9 per cent. Alcoholic beverage tax col- lections increased 8.4 per cent. October 21, 1960 TOBACCO PUFFS A TA X CLOUD WASHINGTON, Oct 21. -The tobacco industry blew up a storm today about taxes. State taxes on tobacco products puffed up 36.1 per cent from 1959 to 1960, said the Tobacco Institute. Overall state tax revenues rose 13.7 per cent in the same tiine, it said. States collected $5.19 taxes per capita on tobacco in fiscal 1960, the Insti- tute fumedi while total state property taxes were only $3.43 per capita. State cigaret tax col- lections last year,"' it add- ed, "were 58 times greater than in 1958 and more than seven times greater than in 1940." M >,r :'.i. t'+ !?N • NE,+J YORIC WORLD-TELEGRAM & SUN New York, New York Qctober 21, 1960 r" Tax Burden Borne By Tobacco Users . .L, .'- .~~ ?..,;t4t Sprreaffo Wnrld-Trirprrtin an•*.San. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.- Tobacco users are bearing the „ ~ brunt of the heavy increases in state excise tax collections, Tobacco News, publication uf the Taaaeco Institute. reports. ~1r~r .K State excise tax collections on t: tobacco products increased 36.1 +~< percent from 1959 to 1960, ae• cording to U.S. Census Bureau figures. This was more than dour)lc the increases in general sales tax coilections in the states; and four times ;;reater than the increase for other heaviiy• taxed consumer products. Gen - eral sales tax collections on all types of goods and services increased 16.4 percent during the yean. Gasolir;e tax collec• tions were up 9 percent; alco- holie beverage ta, colections increased 8.4 percent. State cigaret tax coleetions hast year were 58 times greate: than in 1930 and seven tinres greater than in ].940, the Tu• bacco N e w s reported. Alto- gether, the states collected.' $918.7 million in taxes on to- bacco products in fiscal 1960. Increases in state excise taxes are falling heaviest on the nation's smokers, TOBACCO NEWS said today. t } The following stories are based on material that originally appeared in ' TO&4CC0 NEWS. Similar stories appeared in other newspapers. WINSTON-SALEM SENTINEL `^,Winston-Salem, North Carolina ~ 0 0 W M ~;b In all, the publication said, state governments in fiscal 1960 collected Cj $918.7 million in taxes omtobacco products. This came out to $5.19 per ~ capita. AWL The publication of The Tobacco Institute, Inc., said state excise tax collections on tobacco products increased 36.1 per cent from 1959 to 1960, compared to a 16.4 per cent rise in general sales tax collections. Mean- while, collections of gasoline taxes rose 9 per cent and alcoholic beverages tax collections went up 8'.4 per cent. TOBACCO NEWS also said state cigarette tax collections last year were seven times greater than in 1940 and 58 times greater than in~1930. NEW YORK JOURNAL-AMERICAN New York, New York