Updated: July 18, 2008

Action Alert

Primary Action Alert:

Please contact the Governor and Legislators requesting that they:

  • increase the cigarette tax by 43.5 cents to bring it to $3.00 per pack;
  • increase the licensing fees to sell cigarettes;
  • re-classify little cigars as cigarettes so as to be able to tax them as cigarettes.

Second Action Alert:

State budget decisions cut the funding for the Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program (CTCP) by $2.4, resulting in the budget decreasing from $11 million to $8.6 million (Centers for Disease Control recommends $119 million). Please continue to contact Governor Jon Corzine, the Chairs of the Senate and Assembly Budget Committees, Senator Barbara Buono and Assemblyman Louis Greenwald, and the legislative leadership in the Senate and Assembly to share that the CTCP needs more funding. The contact information is:.

Honorable Jon Corzine, Office of the Governor, PO Box 001, State House, Trenton NJ 08625; phone 609-292-6000; to email go to www.nj.gov/governor/govmail.html

Senator Barbara Buono, 2 Lincoln Highway, Suite 401, Edison, NJ 08820; phone 732-205-1372 ; fax 732-205-1375; email SenBuono@njleg.org

Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald, 1103 Laurel Oak Road, Suite 142, Voorhees, NJ 08043; phone 856-435-1247; fax 856-435-3849; email AsmGreenwald@njleg.org

Senate President Richard J. Codey, 449 Mount Pleasant Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052; phone 973-731-6770; fax 973-731-0647; email SenCodey@njleg.org

Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Brooklawn Shopping Plaza, Route 130 and Browning Road, Brooklawn, NJ 08030; phone 856-742-7600; fax 856-742-1831; email AsmRoberts@njleg.org

When calling or writing to the Governor and Legislators, please request:

  • Restore funding at $11 million for the State Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program; Support for the CTCP smoking cessation programs help to reduce state healthcare costs in the long run. Click here for more talking point suggestions found in NJ GASP's testimony given to the Committee on May 8, 2008.

Third Action Alert:

On April 30, 2008, Atlantic City Mayor Evans signed into law the ordinance for 100% smoke-free casino gaming floors where employees work. To view the history of the ordinance, click here.

Please thank Mayor Scott Evans and Council President William Marsh at:

City of Atlantic City, 1301 Bacharach Blvd., Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Contact can be made online at http://www.cityofatlanticcity.org/con_abo_contactus.asp

This page updated July 18, 2008