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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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[Kansas] AG makes public a letter describing the tobacco settlement arbitration
Kansas can expect about $17.3 million more as a result of the settlement
May 24, 2013
Kansas Health Institute (KHI)
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May 26, 2013 01:58
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[Texas] House sends increased Cig Fee-Tax-Depending-On-Who-You-Ask bill to governor | Trail Blazers Blog
A bill that got a lot of House resistance earlier this year - fee vs. tax, remember - has just come up on the House floor after the Senate carved out some restrictions for chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco and removed AG rule-making authority over the issue.
May 23, 2013
Dallas Morning News blogs
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May 24, 2013 11:10
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[Kansas] Advocacy group questions AG's grip on revised tobacco settlement information
The state's leading child advocacy group expressed renewed frustration Wednesday with Attorney General Derek Schmidt's shroud of secrecy over financial details of Kansas' latest haul from the national tobacco company settlement.
May 22, 2013
Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal
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May 22, 2013 18:32
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[California] CA Upholds $3 Million Fee Award in Tobacco Settlement Violation
The Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld an attorney fee award of nearly $3 million against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in an action for violation of the 1998 national tobacco settlement. Div. One held that San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald
May 21, 2013
Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, CA)
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May 22, 2013 19:56
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[Pennsylvania] Efforts to create smoke-free parks expanding
Pennsylvania Health Department launched a campaign called Young Lungs at Play. Using funds from the state's 1998 settlement with the tobacco industry, the program provides signs to communities adopting policies that ban smoking in parks and other places c
May 18, 2013
phillyBurbs.com
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May 18, 2013 22:47
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[Virginia] Study: Gap seen for manufacturing workers in Southside
Demand for additional manufacturing workers across Virginia’s former Tobacco Region will reach nearly 7,000 by 2017, according to a study paid for by the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
May 12, 2013
Lynchburg (VA) News & Advance
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May 13, 2013 14:22
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[Minnesota] HUMPHREY: A Clearer View: Tobacco settlement made state healthier
the 15th anniversary of Minnesota’s tobacco settlement. Those of us involved in the trial will never forget it. In 1994, as Minnesota attorney general, I joined forces ... when I see an ad directing smokers to QUITPLAN or to dine in a smoke-free restaura
May 12, 2013
Duluth (MN) News-Tribune
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May 13, 2013 03:05
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[Kansas] Kan. AG defends not releasing tobacco funds report
The Kansas attorney general's office says it will release information about the state's share of tobacco settlement funds in a timely manner if it can do so legally. Spokesman Don Brown said Friday that Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office still is de
May 10, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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May 11, 2013 13:00
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Kansas Action for Children files lawsuit against Attorney General Derek Schmidt over settlement records
A child advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Friday against Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, alleging that Schmidt's office has violated the state law that requires the disclosure of public records. Kansas Action for Children is seeking information on
May 10, 2013
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World
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May 10, 2013 17:06