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- Prevent kids from starting+
Raising the tax $1.50/pack is estimated to reduce the number of youth smokers in Minnesota by 61,600.
- Help smokers quit+
Raising the tax $1.50/pack is estimated to reduce the number of adult smokers by 29,200.
- Save lives+
Raising the tax $1.50/pack is estimated to avoid 27,400 future smoking-related deaths.
- Save health care tax dollars+
Raising the tax $1.50/pack is estimated to save more than a billion dollars (or $1.3 billion) in long-term health care costs.