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Jump to full article: Palm Beach (FL) Post, 2009-06-30
Author: DIANNA SMITH Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Intro: Customers will say they didn't know, but really they did.
Manager Alex Odeh at the Stop & Shop on Westgate Avenue in West Palm Beach warned his customers a few weeks in advance. But Odeh said most of them shrugged their shoulders and said they couldn't afford to stock up on their favorite brands.
But this morning, Odeh said, "people will be upset."
Florida's previous 34-cents-a-pack cigarette tax was among the nation's lowest, but starting Wednesday, that tax increased to $1.34. That's on top of higher federal tobacco taxes consumers began paying April 1, when cigarettes went up by 62 cents a pack.
Customers were warned about the recent increase at gas stations, too. For the past two weeks, signs have been posted at the pumps at Murphy USA
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