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New Budget, Which Aims to Close $666 Million Shortfall, Built on 'Shared Sacrifice'
Jump to full article: The Washington Post, 2009-08-01
Author: Tim Craig and Nikita Stewart Washington Post Staff Writers
Intro: District residents could soon face higher sales, gas and cigarette taxes after the D.C. Council approved a revised fiscal 2010 budget that might force Mayor Adrian M. Fenty to abandon earlier promises to not raise taxes and avoid cuts in public education.
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The proposal to raise the cigarette tax by 50 cents, to $2.50 a pack, would make the District's tax the sixth-highest in the nation, according to the American Lung Association.
David Sutton, a spokesman for Altria, the parent company of Richmond-based Philip Morris USA, predicted that smokers would flock to Virginia for their cigarettes. Virginia's cigarette tax is 30 cents. Maryland's is $2.
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