If a coalition of business, health and other advocacy groups have their way, cigarettes in the Hoosier state will cost $2 more per pack. Several organizations, including Tobacco Free Indiana and Raise It For Health Coalition, are lobbying this year’s state legislature to triple the current cigarette tax, established at 99.5 cents per pack in …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Officials from Tobacco Free Indiana, a coalition of national and state health organizations, praised a plan released today, Dec. 16, by Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma that would generate revenue to increase Medicaid funding by increasing the tobacco tax.

According to Tobacco Free Indiana, Hoosier taxpayers will pay a big price for proposed cuts to funding for tobacco cessation and prevention. The amended budget distributed Friday by the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee slashes funding for tobacco prevention and cessation from $8 million to $5 million. “Your lawmakers need to hear from you,” …read more.