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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 30: CIGARETTE TAX 

The economic situation has renewed the ongoing debate about the level of taxes imposed on a pack of cigarettes. Advocates of higher taxes say these levies should discourage smoking, good from a public health perspective. Smokers say they are being singled out in an effort to generate revenue. The first cigarette taxes in the U.S. were levied by an act of Congress on this day in 1864. Placing stamps on each package to show that the tax had been paid came along four years later.

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