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• Lawmakers OK $1 per pack cigarette tax hike  

If governor signs the bill, Utah would have 18th highest such levy in the nation.
Jump to full article: Salt Lake Tribune, 2010-03-06
Author: Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune

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The Utah Legislature has given final approval to a $1 per pack increase to the state's cigarette tax, sending the measure to Gov. Gary Herbert, whose opposition to a tax increase this session will be tested.

Sen. Allen Christensen, R-Ogden, who has been fighting for years to raise Utah's cigarette tax, said he can't speak for the governor, but he expects he'll sign the legislation.

"Of course he'll sign it. He watches out for the best interest of the state, and this is in the best interest of the state," Christensen said.

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