Calls to New York's Smoker's Quitline quadrupled in the first week after a new $2.75-per-pack cigarette tax went into effect, according to state health commissioner Richard Daines.

The Associated Press reported June 15 that the state raised its per-pack tax from $1.25 to $2.75 effective June 3. That has increased the price of a pack of cigarettes to between $6 and $8 in most parts of the state, while additional taxes have boosted the price to about $10 in New York City.

In the week following the tax increase, Quitline callers requested 7,900 stop-smoking kits, up from 1,722 requests during the same week last year.