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[Virginia] Cigarette-smuggling: The urge to smurf
The growth of the cigarette-resale racket, known to police as “smurfing”, appears tied to a growing government appetite for cash. Since 2007 at least 27 states have raised their cigarette taxes
Nov 24, 2012
The Economist
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Nov 26, 2012 08:07
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Senators Lautenberg, Durbin, Harkin, and Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Stop Tobacco Smuggling, Close Tobacco Tax Loopholes, and Increase Federal Tobacco Taxes
The legislation lays out a comprehensive set of reforms that would help the federal government and states collect billions of dollars in tobacco tax revenues, which currently fund children's health insurance programs, while also helping to lower youth tob
Apr 26, 2013
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
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Apr 29, 2013 01:41
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Terrorism and Tobacco--How Cigarette Smuggling Finances Jihad and Insurgency Worldwide
Jun 29, 2009
The Cutting Edge
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Jun 29, 2009 00:00
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[North Dakota] Statewide Smoking Ban Burns Bar Owners
Vigen says she's already spent nearly 10-thousand dollars building her heated smoking shelter, and there's no way for her to recoup the money that will be spent making changes. However, she does say that overall, she's had more business since the smokin
Nov 21, 2012
KVLY TV 11 (Fargo, ND)
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Nov 21, 2012 04:37
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Obama Administration Gives Smokers A Way Out Of Higher Insurance Premiums
The Obama administration on Tuesday effectively nullified a provision of the federal health law that would have allowed insurers in the small group market to charge smokers up to 50 percent more than nonsmokers.
Nov 20, 2012
GantDaily.com (Clearfield, PA)
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Nov 21, 2012 04:31
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[Hungary] Planned tobacco tax hike seen denting revenue in 2013
An amendment on a planned increase in the excise tax on cigarettes would generate about HUF 2bn more budget revenue in 2012, but HUF 10bn less in 2013, the National Economy Ministry said on Thursday, responding to a query by MTI.
Oct 5, 2012
realdeal.hu
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Oct 8, 2012 02:32
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[UK] Real cost of plain tobacco packs to independent retailers is revealed
In-store research by the Rural Shops Alliance (RSA) shows the introduction of plain tobacco packs could cost shopkeepers “tens of millions of pounds” a year, reports today’s Independent Retail News.
Aug 24, 2012
Talking Retail (uk)
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Aug 24, 2012 07:22
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[UK] Obese and smokers less of a burden on the NHS than the healthy who live longer - report
Research by the Institute of Economic Affairs argues that a tax on fatty food could actually increase the burden on the health system and unfairly penalise the poor.
Jun 27, 2012
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
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Jun 27, 2012 16:11
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The VA’s $47,000 ‘Smoking Machine’
here’s a candidate for a little spending cut: The Department of Veterans Affairs might want to rethink its $47,526 contract — awarded less than a month ago — for a “cigarette smoking machine.” Just what is a cigarette smoking machine anyway, and why doe
Feb 11, 2013
ABC News
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Feb 12, 2013 13:04
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Money at the Root of Nation's Tobacco Problem
annual "State of Tobacco Control" report reveals a tragic money trail leading to tobacco-caused death and disease that shows federal and state governments are largely failing to combat tobacco industry tactics, while diverting or misusing life-saving tob
Jan 16, 2013
American Lung Association
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Jan 16, 2013 07:22