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Health authorities expect cigarette tax hikes will help curb youth smoking.(news)

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| July 24, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BYLINE: JOELLE BABULA, REVIEW-JOURNAL

Legislation that hikes cigarette taxes will prevent the premature deaths of thousands of Nevada teens who won't be able to afford the pricey packs, local health authorities said earlier in the week.

The 45-cent tax increase, the first jump in cigarette taxes in more than a decade, will keep thousands of teenagers from picking up the habit, said Maria Azzarelli, youth tobacco control educator for the Clark County Health District.

"Because of this tax, we'll have 26,000 fewer smokers in the state of Nevada," she said. "We'll have 16,000 fewer teenage smokers, and we'll save 5,100 teenagers from premature death due…

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