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VIDEO: Cigarette Tax
Leidhra Johnson and David Loret de Mola
Issue date: 5/8/09 Section: Video
The state is considering increasing cigarette taxes. How does the smoking community on campus feel?
Leidhra Johnson can be reached at ljohnson@statehornet.com
David Loret de Mola can be reached at ddemola@statehornet.com
Leidhra Johnson can be reached at ljohnson@statehornet.com
David Loret de Mola can be reached at ddemola@statehornet.com
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Roberto Perez
posted 5/11/09 @ 1:05 PM PST
Although I don't mind smokers paying more for cigarettes, raising cigarette taxes will make state rely on an unsustainable revenue source. If the state really wants them to quit, and smoking rates decline, the state will end up having to go tax something else anyway to make up the lost revenue. (Continued…)
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