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Do You Know Who's Behind Anti-Cigarette Tax Push? 

Jump to full article: WBZ-TV-4 CBS (Boston, MA), 2008-04-18
Author: Reporting Kate Merrill

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; Do you know who's behind the campaign to stop the cigarette tax hike in Massachusetts?

Signs across the state are urging smokers to call a number for information and it's not an anti-tax grass roots campaign.

WBZ called the number on the ads to find the source.

It turns out the sign and the hotline are courtesy of cigarette giant Phillip Morris.

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