Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigarettes from: (1) $8 to $16 for small cigarettes; and (2) $16.80 to $33.60 for large cigarettes. Imposes a floor stock excise tax on small and large cigarettes.
Appropriates 75 percent of the revenues raised by such tax to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (Medicare).
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
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