House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, crafted a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to 57 cents a pack. The tax, set in 1977, currently is 7 cents a pack, well below the national average of $1.21.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Post and Courier reports: Cigarette tax increase gets 1st review
Charging smokers more for a pack of cigarettes as a way to help uninsured South Carolinians gain health care coverage will face its first hurdle before a legislative panel today (Tuesday, March 24th).
House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, crafted a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to 57 cents a pack. The tax, set in 1977, currently is 7 cents a pack, well below the national average of $1.21.
Read more.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, crafted a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to 57 cents a pack. The tax, set in 1977, currently is 7 cents a pack, well below the national average of $1.21.
Read more.
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