Jump to full article: AP, 2008-04-25
Intro: The Cherokee Nation tribal council will consider suspending the tribe's 50 cent per pack tax on cigarettes.
The tribe's Rules Committee has voted unanimously to temporarily suspend the tax and the proposal is expected to be considered by the council on May 12.
The state tax on cigarettes would continue.
The plan is an attempt to help tribal smoke shop owners who say their businesses have been hurt since an arbitration ruling that most smoke shops can't sell low-tax cigarettes.
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