Advocates call for increase in tobacco tax

By John Hale | Dec 21, 2009
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Augusta — Three days after Gov. John Baldacci vowed to veto any bill containing a tax increase, public health advocates on Dec. 21 pushed for a $1 per pack increase in taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.

At a Statehouse news conference ...

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