But smokers wonder why they are being hit so hard.
Jump to full article: Pueblo (CO) Chieftain, 2009-06-23
Author: JEFF TUCKER THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
Intro: Local health officials and anti-smoking advocates are applauding President Barack Obama's signing of new anti-smoking legislation Monday.
But tobacco retailers in Pueblo say their customers are feeling the pinch of a number of new laws that seem to have come all at once.
In March, new taxes were lobbied on cigarettes that added another $10 to the cost of cartons and tripled the price of rolling tobacco, said Debbie McConnell, manager at a Smoker Friendly store on Greenwood Street.
McConnell said her customers are upset that prices have increased so dramatically and so quickly.
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