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Smokers may soon pay more for cheaper brand cigarettes in Mississippi 

Jump to full article: Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 2009-06-29
Author: Phil West, Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Smokers who buy non-premium brand cigarettes would start paying an extra 43 cents a pack starting Wednesday in Mississippi under legislation approved in the opening hours today of a special session called to adopt a $6.01 billion state budget.

The state faces a shutdown of all but essential and constitutionally mandated services at midnight Wednesday unless legislators adopt a budget and it is signed by Gov. Haley Barbour.

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