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[Missouri] Yes on Raising Tobacco Taxes, as Prop B Asks?
In fact, they argue that the increase would actually lower proceeds, by reducing sales. Is that such a bad thing? Proponents such as the Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition said in a letter to the editor on Patch that the tax would "reduce tobacco use rates, a
Oct 21, 2012
Patch.org
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Oct 22, 2012 04:38
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[Missouri] LETTER: Raising tobacco tax is stealing from the minority
Voting for others to pay more taxes (a 760 percent increase) on a product is an obscene assault and plunder by one citizen against another citizen. It is flat-out stealing from a minority who use that product by a tyrannical majority who do not.
Oct 21, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
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Oct 22, 2012 04:31
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[North Dakota] EDITORIAL: Voters should vote no on Measure 4
While there is some good, letting private business owners make decisions that impact their business is always better than having government mandate what can and can’t be done.
Oct 21, 2012
Williston (ND) Herald
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Oct 21, 2012 15:12
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[Europe, Malta] BECK: Not so heroic anymore
What price Labour’s heroes now, ay? It is bad enough that they have been lionising two people who, up to not-so-long-ago, were targets of their venom, not to mention, in one of these cases, his not being the epitome of truthfulness and openness.
Oct 20, 2012
Times of Malta (mt)
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Oct 23, 2012 09:43
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[California] Smoking ban foes to get in last puff
Kristen Mulvany, left, a waitress at Naked Cafe in Carlsbad, accepts a flier from Dannah Hosford concerning smoke-free outdoor dining areas. Hosford and Levi Martinez, right, were distributing the fliers to Carlsbad restaurants in September.
Oct 20, 2012
North County (CA) Times
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Oct 20, 2012 19:35
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[Indiana] Smoke ban deal irks bill's author
A deal struck by the Indiana Attorney General's Office to dismiss a legal challenge to the state's new smoking restrictions law doesn't square with the law's intent, its main sponsor said Friday. An American Legion post in northeast Indiana agreed this
Oct 20, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Oct 20, 2012 19:32
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[New Hampshire] Luther responds to charges about his vote on state cigarette tax
State Sen. Jim Luther, R-Hollis, was one of the lone Republicans who opposed lowering the state’s cigarette tax, he’ll have you know. To say he supported cutting the cigarette tax is pure fiction, he told The Telegraph’s editorial board on Friday. Howev
Oct 20, 2012
Nashua (NH) Telegraph
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Oct 20, 2012 19:29
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[Missouri] EDITORIAL :Fair: Forest Park. Foul: Cynical tobacco boosters
FOUL: To the opponents of Proposition B . . . for their “Harry & Louise”-style radio commercial. . . . The cynicism and dishonesty is breathless ... just like a smoker whose hospital bills for emphysema we all pay.
Oct 19, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
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Oct 21, 2012 22:38
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[Indiana] Smoking ban sponsor doesn't like lawsuit deal
A deal struck by the Indiana attorney general's office to dismiss a legal challenge to the state's new smoking restrictions law doesn't square with the law's intent, its main sponsor said Friday. An American Legion post in northeast Indiana agreed this w
Oct 19, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Oct 20, 2012 19:26
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[Missouri] Battle lines are clear on proposed tobacco tax hike
And there is clearly little love lost between the spokesmen for each side. Ron Leone, head of the state’s convenience store association, says of his opponents: “They are fundamentally anti-tobacco zealots . . . Counters Roy Temple, campaign manager fo
Oct 19, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Beacon
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Oct 19, 2012 09:18