Jump to full article: WNEP-TV Channel 16 (Moosic, PA), 2009-10-12
Author: Bob Reynolds
Intro: Now that the state budget has been signed, those affected are getting a look at how the spending plan will affect them.
For some tobacco users it's going to mean higher prices to take a drag.
Sharon Minarchick of Mahanoy City wasn't happy Monday when she bought her cigarettes. She found out soon she will be paying more for every pack she buys because of a new cigarette tax included in the new state budget.
"I am not going to be smoking that much. Instead of a carton a week I'll go down to half," Minarchick said.
Dealers said although the price of a pack of cigarettes is going up by 25 cents a pack, the price of a pack of small cigars, is going up by $1.60 a pack.
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