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[Massachusetts] Blowing smoke: Most tobacco money going elsewhere ($$)
Twenty years ago, supporters of a tobacco tax increase for Massachusetts had lofty goals for the money. A voter-approved 1992 ballot initiative nearly doubled the cigarette tax from 26 cents to 51 cents a pack to fund the creation of the Massachusetts T
May 29, 2013
Attleboro (MA) Sun Chronicle
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Jun 4, 2013 10:02
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[Massachusetts] Casey Alexandre of Saugus inducted into Ex-Smokers’ Hall of Fame
Jun 2, 2013
Wicked Local (MA)
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Jun 4, 2013 02:02
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[Massachusetts] Mass anti-tobacco spending goes up in smoke
Twenty years ago, supporters of a Massachusetts tobacco tax increase had lofty goals for the money it would bring in. A voter-approved 1992 ballot initiative nearly doubled the cigarette tax - from 26 cents to 51 cents a pack - to fund the creation of t
May 28, 2013
Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger
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May 28, 2013 13:30
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[Massachusetts] Taxing tobacco a national addiction
Raising tobacco taxes is an easy political choice: there is little opposition and plenty of support. But as Massachusetts grows more dependent on tobacco revenues now approaching $1 billion a year, the use of a sin tax to balance the books raises questio
May 26, 2013
Milford (MA) Daily News
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May 28, 2013 06:56
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[Massachusetts] States becoming more dependent on tobacco levies
Massachusetts lawmakers' growing reliance on tobacco taxes to help balance the state budget is part of a national trend that has grown with each flutter of the country's economy.
May 27, 2013
Milford (MA) Daily News
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May 28, 2013 06:53
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[Massachusetts] Two Bellingham business owners join tobacco task force
Two business owners have agreed to join a task force created last month to study the economic impact of draft amendments to the Board of Health's tobacco bylaw. Emad Asaad, owner of the 7-Eleven on Pulaski Boulevard, and Antonie Khoury, owner of Gateway
May 27, 2013
Milford (MA) Daily News
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May 28, 2013 06:51
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[Massachusetts] SUN/REESE: Tobacco tax - Who smokes and who pays?
the poor and the less educated smoke at a higher rate than those with higher incomes and more schooling. As a result, Massachusetts' ever-increasing tobacco tax has become increasingly regressive.
May 28, 2013
Milford (MA) Daily News
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May 28, 2013 06:47
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[Massachusetts] POLL: Protect 'Little Lungs' with smoking-in-cars ban?
The Massachusetts Legislature is currently considering a bill, dubbed "an act to protect little lungs" that would make it illegal to smoke while driving or riding in a vehicle with a child young enough to be required to ride in a safety seat. The law wo
May 27, 2013
Wicked Local (MA)
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May 27, 2013 14:29
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[Massachusetts] As state diverts tobacco funds, treatment programs up in smoke
This fiscal year, state government will collect a combined $815 million in tobacco taxes and payments from a 1998 settlement with tobacco companies. It will spend $4.1 million on antitobacco programs -- less than 1 percent of total revenues.
May 27, 2013
Lowell (MA) Sun
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May 27, 2013 11:20
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[Massachusetts] Readers React to 'Smoke-Free' Breaks - Jamaica Plain, MA Patch
Jamaica Plain responds to the call for the proper disposal of cigarettes along Centre Street.
May 26, 2013
Patch.org
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May 26, 2013 12:50