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Senator Aguon Calls For Legislative Vote On Doubling Tobacco Tax ASAP 

The revised version of a bill that would double taxes on all tobacco products calls for an immediate vote rather than waiting to hold a referendum on the issue.

Health Committee Chairman Senator Frank Aguon, Jr. released his Committee's report on Bill 150 over the weekend.

Under the amended proposed measure, the committee recommended the passage of Bill No. 150 (COR) should be decided by the 30th Legislature as soon as possible and should no longer wait for referendum in November 2010 as suggested earlier.

Introduced by Senator B.J. Cruz , Bill No. 150 (COR), as Substituted is now titled as “An Act To Amend §26603 (a), (b), and (c) of Article 6, Chapter 26, Title 11 of the Guam Code Annotated, Relative to Increasing To Tobacco Taxes, The Healthy Futures Fund, and Creating a Guam Cancer Trust Account.

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