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Home News Democratic legislators push for tax on smokeless tobacco and cigars

Democratic legislators push for tax on smokeless tobacco and cigars

Wednesday, April 28 2010

Harrisburg, PA capital building

By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau

HARRISBURG -- With the state facing a budget deficit of up to $1 billion, and with tobacco companies developing new products designed to appeal to young people, two Democratic legislators say it's time to enact a stiff new tax on cigars and smokeless tobacco.

Reps. Dan Frankel of Squirrel Hill and Gene DePasquale of York, joined by the American Cancer Society, urged legislators Tuesday to end Pennsylvania's dubious distinction of being the only state that doesn't tax smokeless tobacco products and one of only two states that doesn't tax cigar sales...story continues here

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