Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled-----to $1.01 per pack----smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” across the country seeking to kick the habit.
This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase.
The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.
In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost $10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. In Charleston, S.C., where the 7-bent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation. The price was $4.78.
The influence is obvious.
In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys----13.8%,far below the national average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records.
Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.”
That’s true, But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place. As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.

又花了我几十分钟的时间，对一些不通顺的地方进行了修改，希望楼主满意，渴望加分！！！

几乎没有如此有效的法律，它在仅仅几天过后就起到了作用。但自从联邦卷烟税增加了一倍多，增加至1.01了美元每包的九天来，全国的吸烟者打戒烟电话以求改掉这个习惯而阻塞了电话线。
对公共卫生倡导者来说，这并不意外，他们已经研究了国家税收提升带来的影响，发现吸烟者，特别是青少年，对烟的价格很敏感。对每次税率上调都会做出强烈反应的烟草业也正承受着不小的打击。
唯一奇怪的是，很多地区却对这个消息充耳不闻。烟草税提高有利于公众健康，能筹集资金更加特殊的是，他也能对阻止青少年吸烟的行为起到一定作用，尤其是当这些吸烟者都成瘾的时候。而且，税率有着很大的波动空间。
例如在曼哈顿，它在全国具有最高的税收，在星期三一个药店的一包"万宝路轻国王"（烟的名字）成本是十点零六美元。但在查尔斯顿市， 7-bent-a-pack 税 (这是一个税种的名字，不好翻译，应该没有影响）最低的国家。价格却是四点七八美元。
因此影响是显而易见的。
在纽约，最新调查显示高中生吸烟人数再创历史新低---- 13.8 ％ ，远远低于全国平均水平。相比之下， 在肯塔基州有26 ％的高中学生吸烟令人沮丧的青少年抽烟的纪录，当然在其他地区也有类似情况。

Hal Rogers，是来自美国肯塔基州的代表，像这些反对高烟草税的人一样，是一位来自美国肯塔基州的代表，他争辩道税率的降低带来的负担会降落到低收入的美国家庭上。
这是真的，可是我们有更多的理由将后代子孙和低收入人群的长远利益放在首位。如果新税收办法的出台可以使得那些成年人戒烟，他们就会在自己家庭上的花费有富余，并且还能减少他们患上心脏病的危险，使自己身体感觉更惬意。