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MD - Governor’s proposal to raise tobacco sales tax ruffles sellersMA - New smoking rules prohibit tobacco sales at Winchester pharmacies
MA - Massachusetts Governor to Unveil 2013 Budget Proposals
VA - Del. Hope's Cigarette Bill Meets Expected Demise in House of Delegates
VA - Tax hike on tobacco snuffed out
MA - Massachusetts Governor to Seek Hike in Cigarette Tax
WV - Back With The Tobacco Tax Increase
VA - Hope offers bill to boost Va cigarette tax by $1.15 per pack, use revenue to end car tax
WA - Bill would increase state tax on cigarettes
National - FDA Responds to NATO on Retail Flier
National - FDA Webinar to Detail Domestic Manufacturing Inspections
CA - Ballot battle joined over tobacco tax
MO - Mo. bill would cut income tax, raise cigarette tax
CA - Calif. Senator Padilla Announces Legislation to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products within 600 Feet of a School
MO - Missouri bill would cut income tax, raise cigarette tax
CA - All Tobacco Retailers Pass Test on Carding Minors
ID - Cigarette tax debate may rise from 2011 ashes
MA - Tobacco ban for pharmacies
FL - Lake spreads word on risks of candy-flavored tobacco items
AL - Alabama Eyeing Cigarette Tax Increase
NH - New Hampshire sees drop in stores selling tobacco to youth
ID - 2012 Idaho Legislature Preview: A Look At The Issues
PA - Geisinger plans tobacco ban for new hires
WI - Health leaders aim for tobacco sting progress
GA - Lawmakers to take another shot at tax reform
WI - Stevens Point businesses fare well in tobacco inspections
CA - Milpitas Police Conduct Tobacco 'Decoy Operation'
GA - Alcohol, tobacco tax hike sought
VA - Virginia Considers Raising Cigarette Tax
FL - House Democrat: Raise Taxes On Smokers, Lower Driver Fees
ID - Lake may make a run at cigarette tax hike in an election year
CA - Suisun Police conduct tobacco sting
ID - Lake may make a run at cigarette tax hike in an election year
VA - Bon Secours to test job applicants for tobacco use
VA - Arlington Delegate Pledges to Push $1.15 Per-Pack Cigarette Tax Increase
GA - American Cancer Society will push for legislation to increase tobacco taxes in 2013
HI - Hawaii Tobacco Sales to Minors Drops
CA - Child tobacco sales fall
CA - San Luis Obispo is more strict on illegal tobacco sales than California average
MA - Tobacco restrictions, fingerprint measure pass at Brookline Town Meeting
FL - Naples City Council urges businesses to stop selling flavored tobacco
IL - Preckwinkle Pushes Booze, Tobacco Taxes
IL - Chicago aldermen raise prospect of tobacco tax hike
NJ - Cape May rejects smoking ban
National - NACS Comments to FDA on Warning Letters and Multiple Violations
ID - Idaho Grange backs fuel, cigarette tax hikes
MO - American Cancer Society preparing for petition drive
TX - Smokers need not apply: A Dallas area hospital says no to hiring smokers
GA - Smokers can't qualify for some metro jobs
ME - Old Orchard council to draw soft beach-smoking line in the sand
MO - Missouri Initiative Could Quintuple Cigarette Tax
AL - Smoking banned at Thorsby parks
NJ - Officials want to rein in N.J. tobacco smugglers
SC - Pendleton Considers Smoking Ban Inside Homes If Public Is Served
NH - NH revenues up $9M in August
PA - Philly wants in-store smoking cautions
Buffalo NY - Companies consider penalties for smokers
MA - Editorial: Don't ban cigarettes in drug stores
MA - Butt out: No need for still more tobacco laws
FL - Port Orange leaders hope to curb smoking
LA - Alexandria council undecided about whether to ban smoking in bars
MN - Minnesota smokers to pay another penny a pack
LA - Louisiana Constitution amendments on fall ballots include cigarette tax question
MN - Minnesota's Misguided Cigarette Tax
MN - Local Legislators to Remain in Background for Next Round of Budget Talks
VA - Rocky Mount delays start of sales tax on cigarettes
CT - Alcohol, Cigarettes, and services will cost you more friday
LA - House and Senate pass cigarette tax extension, earlier vetoed by Jindal in a separate measure
NH - N.H. lawmakers target higher education, reduce cigarette levies
DE - Tobacco tax will put state at regional disadvantage
LA - House renews tobacco tax, trying to bypass Jindal
CA - Could a 'sin tax' be the answer to Sacramento's arena puzzle?
LA - House refuses to override Gov. Bobby Jindal's veto of cigarette tax extension
LA - La. Senate committee approves tobacco tax renewal
LA - Speaker Jim Tucker: Cigarette tax renewal should pass House
RI - RI lawmakers considering lowering cigarette tax
LA - La. cigarette tax hike deferred, but renewal OK'd
RI - Bill Felkner: To boost economy, curb smuggling, cut cigarette tax
IL - Cigarette Tax Could Lead to Tobacco Smuggling
LA - Louisiana Retailers Worry Tobacco Tax Increase Will Drive Business Out of State
GA - Outdoor Smoking Ban to Blow Away Business Says Two Premium Cigar Associations
VA - Another tax hike up in smoke?
HI - Legislators should cut spending instead of increasing tobacco taxes
VA - Proposed cigarette tax draws ire in Danville
VT - VGA Opposes taxes that hurt businesses
National - Violent criminals expand into cigarettes
NH - Senate panel, Shumlin at odds over cigarette tax hike
NYC - "Bloomberg Thinks He's Stopping People from Smoking"
NYC - A Cigarette for 75 Cents, 2 for $1: The Brisk, Shady Sale of ‘Loosies’
LA - Group backs off tax stance
ID - Democrats eye hike of cigarette tax in informal hearing
NV - Assembly debates tobacco, liquor tax hikes despite veto threat
NV - Legislative Bill Calls For Sin Tax Hike
IL - HERE WE GO AGAIN
GA - Ga. lawmakers eye boost in cigarette tax
GA - Plan boosts cost of smokes: Cigarette tax jumps 84 percent in proposal. Smokers decry potential leap to 68 cents, but health advocates want more.
GA - Lawmakers talk tradeoffs
WV - Tobacco Tax Increase Clears First Committee
WV - Tobacco tax hike debated at public hearing
ID - Tax chairman Lake blasted by leader of national tax reform group over cigarette plan
NV - Group Wants Tax Hike on Cigarettes
MO - Columbia legislators examine potential increase of US's lowest cigarette tax
GA - GA Lawmaker wants to hike cigarette tax $1
NY - Politicians Propose Delay of Cigarette Tax Boost
Multi-state - Political cowards love the sin tax - Raise loads of money while hitting society's most vulnerable. What's not to like?
CA - Board to vote on expanding ban on tobacco sales
CA - County housing authority bans smoking at housing complexes
CA - Tobacco licensing to go on agenda
WV - New smoking regulations have business owners fuming
PA - Mundy discusses difficult economic times in state
