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Democrats Plan Aggressive Push Against Smoking

International Herald Tribune
January 07, 2009 - The new U.S. Congress plans to move aggressively to reduce smoking in coming months by regulating cigarettes, raising per-pack sales taxes and ratifying an international anti-tobacco treaty, according to aides to lawmakers and experts....
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Booze Tax Taken Out of Mix

The Sacramento Bee
January 05, 2009 - California's long-running effort to crack down on sugary alcoholic beverages popular among young drinkers apparently has fizzled....
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Fire-Safe Cigarettes May Ease One Risk of Smoking in Oklahoma

The Daily Oklahoman
December 31, 2008 - Legislation passed this year requires cigarettes sold in Oklahoma effective Thursday comply with fire safety standards. ...
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Miss. Budget for 2010 Plans for 24-Cent Hike to Offset Deficit

Commercial Appeal, The
December 30, 2008 - An anemic economy and the need to improve Mississippi's public education system may break a deadlock between House Democrats and Republican legislative leaders over raising the state's cigarette tax....
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Ruling Bars Cigarette Tax on Sales By Indians

Buffalo News
December 29, 2008 - New York State is facing a new legal hurdle in its effort to collect taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations....
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Group Pushing for Wine Sales in Kentucky Groceries

Messenger-Inquirer
December 19, 2008 - The Kentucky Food with Wine Coalition announced Tuesday that more than 100 supermarkets around the state will hold a petition drive to gauge support for allowing them to sell wine....
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Snyder Says Paterson Admitted Cigarette Tax Law is Flawed

The Buffalo News
December 18, 2008 - Seneca Nation President Barry Snyder said today that Gov. David A. Paterson recently told him that the law signed Monday to collect taxes on Native American cigarettes is flawed. ...
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FreedomWorks Calls on Governor Beshear to Cut Budget, Not Raise Taxes

BUSINESS WIRE
December 18, 2008 - FreedomWorks opposes cigarette tax in Kentucky, calls on governor to cut budget instead. ...
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NYACS Highlights Proposed Budget Concerns

NYACS
December 18, 2008 - NYACS says Gov. Paterson’s proposed budget would transform New York convenience stores into tax collection centers....
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Kaine to Propose Cigarette Tax Hike, Job Cuts

The Virginian-Pilot
December 18, 2008 - RICHMOND -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will propose doubling the Virginia's cigarette tax, laying off 1,600 state employees and cutting education spending in to balance the recession-racked state budget....
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