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The National Taxpayers Union Foundation found from 2001 to 2011, revenue projections were met in only 29 of 101 cases where cigarette/tobacco taxes were increased. Pew Charitable Trusts revealed a decline in cigarette consumption caused cigarette tax revenue to drop by an average of about 1 percent across all states from 2008 to 2016. Ironically, funds generated by the proposed tax would be deposited into the Virginia Health Care Fund, which, in 2018, diverted the funds to the Commonwealths Medicaid program

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The strongest evidence supports temporary increases in blood pressure after nicotine exposure, while long-term effects remain under investigation