Tobacco Taxes

Smokers Face A Hit As Tobacco Taxes Spike

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — However they satisfy their nicotine cravings, tobacco users are facing a big hit as the single largest federal tobacco tax increase...

States Look To Tobacco Tax To Balance The Budget

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 04.21.2009 | Business


Mississippi's tax on cigarettes, at 18 cents a pack the nation's third-lowest, has not been raised since 1985. Gov. Haley Barbour, a former tobacco l...