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A state tax increase - the first in Florida since 1990 - goes into effect today.
Jump to full article: Gainesville (FL) Sun, 2009-07-01
Author: Christopher Curry Staff writer
Intro: Coupled with the 62-cents-a-pack increase in the federal cigarette tax that took effect April 1, cigarette prices in the state have shot up $1.62 a pack in three months. State and federal taxes now account for approximately $2.35 of the cost of each pack of cigarettes.
The increase has some retailers somewhere between nervousness and anger, some smokers pledging to quit, others feeling unfairly singled out and a government watchdog group talking of bad tax policy.
When Gov. Charlie Crist signed the cigarette tax bill into law in late May, he said it was, to him, a pro-health issue, not a tax issue, because taxing cigarettes might encourage people to quit an unhealthy addiction
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