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[Missouri] LETTER: Proposition B wrongly mixed tobacco taxes, education funding

If education needs additional funding, then be honest and ask for additional funds for that purpose. If you wish to reduce smoking, increase the tax and use all of those funds to help smokers end their addiction by subsidizing “stop smoking” aids.
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added Nov 9, 2012 13:57
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LETTER: Missouri needs to move forward on tobacco taxes

Not only are we having the lowest tobacco tax in the nation, we are practically stepping backward by not passing an increase for the third time. Missourians may be saying no on Prop B this time, but our state has to move forward on this issue, because th
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added Nov 9, 2012 13:52
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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
Courthouse News
added Nov 9, 2012 11:27
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[Missouri] Third time hardly charming for boosters of higher Mo. tobacco taxes

“They’ve all been squeakers,” said Ron Leone of the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, the main opposition group. Leone said his association will discuss a “reasonable compromise” with the American Cancer Society
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added Nov 8, 2012 11:43
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[Missouri] MO PROP-B CIGARETTE TAX - Precincts Reporting: 98%

NO 1,339,051 51% YES 1,286,219 49%
WDAF-TV Fox 4 (Kansas City, MO)
added Nov 8, 2012 09:07
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[Missouri] Prop B foe says he might be open to smaller cigarette tax hike

A day after Missouri voters barely rejected a sharp increase in the state’s tobacco tax for the third time in a decade, educators are wondering where they can find increased school funding.
AP - Associated Press
added Nov 7, 2012 22:15
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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
St. Louis (MO) Business Journal
added Nov 7, 2012 22:05
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[Missouri] Effort To Raise Cigarette Tax Fails (Again)

An extensive anti-tax ad campaign by the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association led to Prop B's defeat.
90.7 KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO)
added Nov 7, 2012 21:54
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HICKOX: Missouri chooses smokers over students, again

We, the people of Boone County, did the right thing and passed Prop B with nearly 60 percent of the vote, but our friends (ex-friends, now) north and south of I-70 let us down. I don’t like to think of myself as an issues voter, nor a proponent of goods
The Maneater (University of Missouri - Columbia)
added Nov 7, 2012 21:02
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[Missouri, North Dakota] Saving Lives at the Ballot Box

Voters to decide smoke-free initiative in North Dakota, tobacco tax measure in Missouri
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Nov 7, 2012 13:29
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