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[Missouri] Convenience stores support, helped write cigarette tax hike proposal
After helping block three statewide votes over the last decade,the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association now has helped write a proposed cigarettes-only tax increase it can — and will — support.
Mar 1, 2013
Jefferson City (MO) News Tribune
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Mar 4, 2013 06:03
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[Missouri, Nebraska] The Business of a Smoking Ban, Part I
Lost business versus healthier employees. Freedom of choice versus avoiding second hand smoke. These arguments are all current to us, but more than eight years old to some just a state away. Take a trip one hour north and one hour west from St. Joseph an
Feb 18, 2013
KQTV St.JoeChannel (St. Joseph, MO)
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Feb 18, 2013 21:52
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[Missouri] Infant Hospitalized from Cigarette Burns, Wouldn't Have Happened with EverSmoke
e grandmother removed her oxygen to light a cigarette, which caused a fire, that then burned the baby on her arms, chest and hand. The grandmother immediately grabbed the infant and ran outside the flaming trailer home.
Jan 14, 2013
SBWire
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Jan 15, 2013 12:52
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[Missouri] St. Louis County rethinking smoking ban exemptions
Councilman Mike O'Mara said he will introduce a measure Tuesday in an effort to "level the playing field" for businesses that must comply with the ban while their competitors do not. "I've heard from too many owners of bars and restaurants who have conv
Jan 14, 2013
Southeast Missourian
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Jan 14, 2013 10:06
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The Star’s editorial | Defeat of cigarette tax increase hurts Missouri in long run
The truth is, Missouri couldn’t afford not to raise its cigarette tax. But now that it has, the onus falls on Nixon and the legislature to explain what the state must do without so that smokers can purchase cigarettes with a puny tax of 17 cents a pack.
Nov 8, 2012
Kansas City (MO) Star
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Nov 10, 2012 21:49
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[Missouri] Avid Smoker Can't Fight New Ban in Clayton, Mo.
A man cannot sue a Missouri suburb over its anti-smoking ordinance, the 8th Circuit ruled. Arthur Gallagher sued the city of Clayton
Nov 9, 2012
Courthouse News
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Nov 9, 2012 11:27
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[Missouri] Gas station PAC spent $2.65 million to defeat cigarette tax
Missouri voters defeated Proposition B last night (the tax increase on cigarettes) after the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association PAC raised more than $2.65 million to oppose the measure. . . . The PAC, which raised nearly $1
Nov 7, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Business Journal
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Nov 7, 2012 22:05
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Missouri keeps tobacco tax as the lowest in the nation
With complete but unofficial statewide results, the tobacco-tax issue, called Proposition B, was defeated narrowly. It was the third attempt in 11 years to increase state taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Nov 7, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
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Nov 7, 2012 05:25
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[Missouri] Business, health leaders rally for Mo. tobacco tax
Missouri business, health and education leaders are joining forces to boost support for increasing the state's tobacco tax.
Oct 31, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Oct 31, 2012 19:54
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Missouri Association Battles Cigarette Tax Proposal
The Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store (MPCA) Association is on the offense — last week, the group launched a billboard campaign to motivate residents to vote no on Proposition B, which would raise the state’s tobacco tax by 760%, OzarksF
Oct 8, 2012
National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS)
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Oct 8, 2012 03:20