NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The fact that a pack of cigarettes will soon cost more than $10 in New York could push some people quit smoking, a health official says.
Michael Seilback, a member of the American Lung Association of the state of New York, said if the new 62-cent federal tax added to a single pack of cigarettes encourages smokers to quit, it could potentially lower smoking-related healthcare costs and deaths, the New York Post reported Sunday.