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• Mississippi lawmakers approve cigarette tax hike  

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2009-05-07
Author: SHELIA BYRD

Intro:

Mississippi's Legislature has approved the first cigarette tax hike in two decades, voting to raise the tax by 50 cents a pack in a bid to reap millions of dollars in new budget revenues amid the nation's economic slump.

Gov. Haley Barbour, a former tobacco lobbyist who has had a change of heart, said Wednesday he would sign the tax increase into law.

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