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WV debates cigarette tax increase 

Jump to full article: West Virginia Public Broadcasting WVPB, 2009-02-18
Author: Clark Davis

Intro:

Gov. Manchin has proposed raising tobacco taxes in the future to extend health insurance to low-income working adults. Health advocates and tobacco retailers disagree about whether this is a good thing.

They agree on one thing however: raising tobacco taxes would lead to fewer sales in West Virginia.

West Virginia was recently cited for having the second-highest number of smoking-related deaths in the nation, says Dr. Harry Tweel, director of the Cabell-Huntington Health Department.

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