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Jump to full article: Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area, 2009-06-16
Author: Lee Weisbecker
Intro: Some 400 employees of Winston-Salem-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Inc. (NYSE: RAI) marched in front of the General Assembly Tuesday to protest a proposed $1 per-pack increase in the state's excise tax on cigarettes.
"We are sending a clear message," said Reynolds CEO Daniel Delen, at a rally following the march. "The governor's proposed $1 per-pack tax increase will cause job loss and economic hardship for thousands of North Carolinians."
Also joining the protest were the mayors of Winston-Salem and the nearby communities of Tobaccoville and King. Many of the marching workers wore T-shirts reading, "North Carolina needs more jobs, not more taxes,"
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