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- MD - Governor’s proposal to raise tobacco sales tax ruffles sellers
- MA - 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 - Legislation to Prohibit the Sale of Tobacco Products within 600 Feet of a School
- MO - Missouri bill would cut income tax, raise cigarette tax
- MA - Tobacco ban for pharmacies
- ID - Cigarette tax debate may rise from 2011 ashes
- CA - All Tobacco Retailers Pass Test on Carding Minors
- FL - Lake spreads word on risks of candy-flavored tobacco items
- AL - Alabama Eyeing Cigarette Tax Increase
- NH - NH sees drop in stores selling tobacco to youth
- WI - Health leaders aim for tobacco sting progress
- PA - Geisinger plans tobacco ban for new hires
- ID - 2012 Idaho Legislature Preview: A Look At The Issues
- 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
- 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 - San Luis Obispo is more strict on illegal tobacco sales than California average
- CA - Child tobacco sales fall
- 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
- GA - Smokers can't qualify for some metro jobs
- TX - Smokers need not apply: A Dallas area hospital says no to hiring smokers
- MO - American Cancer Society preparing for petition drive
- 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
- LA - Louisiana Constitution amendments on fall ballots include cigarette tax question
- MN - Minnesota smokers to pay another penny a pack
- LA - Louisiana Constitution amendments on fall ballots include cigarette tax question
- VA - Rocky Mount delays start of sales tax on cigarettes
- MN - Minnesota's Misguided Cigarette Tax
- MN - Local Legislators to Remain in Background for Next Round of Budget Talks
- 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
- RI - RI lawmakers considering lowering cigarette tax
- LA - Speaker Jim Tucker: Cigarette tax renewal should pass House
- 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 - A Cigarette for 75 Cents, 2 for $1: The Brisk, Shady Sale of ‘Loosies’
- NYC - "Bloomberg Thinks He's Stopping People from Smoking"
- 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 - Lawmakers eye boost in cigarette tax
- GA - Plan boosts cost of smokes: Cigarette tax jumps 84 percent in proposal.
- GA - Lawmakers talk tradeoffs
- WV - For W.Va. retiree health costs, no easy answers
- Three’s Company: NJ, NH and RI Weigh Cigarette Tax CUTS
- CT - Spending, Spending, Spending
- CT - Governor proposes sweeping tax hikes
- IL - Report: Illinois would gain $377M by raising cigarette tax
- IL - New push starts for cigarette tax increase
- IL - Anti-smoking advocates say $1 more for cigarettes will make Illinois money
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