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10 Reasons I Quit Smoking

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Smoking, Bad Habits, Recovery, Nicotine, Cigarettes, Prevention, Addiction and Recovery, Well-Being, Health, Addiction, Quitting Smoking, Cancer, Cigarette Tax, Wellness, Living News
Therese Borchard

You're almost there. You want to quit. In fact, 80 percent of your brain is sure you can. But 20 percent insists that you can't. How do you make it over to the other side without falling SPLAT on your face?

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Smoking: Messages On Cigarette Packs May Be Counterproductive

Mother Jones | Tom Jacobs | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Smoking, Cigarettes, Health, Addiction, Cigarette, Obama, Philip Morris, Warning, Cigarette Tax, Wellness, Mark Zuckerberg, Living News

In June, President Obama signed a law requiring tobacco companies to post large, graphic warnings on cigarette packs. However, new research suggests t...

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Newsom Targets Innocent Smokers

Jeff Norman | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Cigarettes, Cigarette Tax, Taxes, Smoking, San Francisco-California, Politics News
Jeff Norman

I have a better idea tan making smokers pay an extra .33 cents a pack: raise the fine for befouling the community and start enforcing the law.

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Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

If the modern-day Tea Parties are smart, they would try to educate the public and hang their whole protest on the "anti-bailout" hook.

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Senate Passes Cigarette Tax On Second Try

AP | Posted 05.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Smoking Tax, Illinois Cigarette Tax Increase, Cigarette Tax, Illinois Cigarette Tax, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois Senate rejected higher cigarette taxes Thursday, but then reversed course and approved a $1-a-pack increase les...

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Cigarette Tax Increase Advances In Senate

Chicago Tribune | Ashley Rueff | Posted 05.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Cigarette Tax Increase, Cigarette Tax, Illinois Cigarette Tax, Chicago News

The state's cigarette tax would leap by $1 over two years under a proposal a Senate committee approved today while hoping to come up with more money t...

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Bootlegged Cigarettes On The Rise As Price With Taxes Approaches $10 A Pack

New York Magazine | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Cigarettes, Cigarette Tax, Matthew Anderson, Business News

When Matthew Anderson, a burly 35-year-old senior state tax investigator, walks into a cluttered grocery store in Kensington, Brooklyn, he knows to fo...

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Higher Cigarette Taxes Lure Buyers To Black Market

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Indian Reservations, Cigarette Tax, Cigarette Smuggling, Counterfeit Cigarettes, Black Market Cigarettes, Illegal Cigarettes, Cigarette Cartons, Cigarette Tax Increases, Black Market, Business News

NEW YORK — The big cigarette tax increases that many states are instituting to balance their out-of-whack budgets are raising fears that the tre...

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Congress Seeks Major Federal Tax Increase On Cigarettes

AP | Charles Babington | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Big Tobacco, Cigarettes, Cigarette Ban, Tobacco Lobbyists, Cigarette Tax, Business News

Congress is taking new whacks at the cigarette industry, banning tobacco sales in Senate buildings and -- more importantly -- seeking a significant fe...

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