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Big Tobacco Already Resisting Obama's Proposal To Fund Universal Preschool With Cigarette Taxes

But Big Tobacco's powerful lobbying arm disagrees. "We oppose another federal tax increase on tobacco products," a spokesperson for the Altria Group, the biggest lobbying organization representing the tobacco industry, told the Huffington Post on Friday.
Think Progress (blog)
added Apr 10, 2013 16:41
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[California] Richard Fink: The Koch Brothers’ Big Tobacco Man Behind the Kochtopus Curtain

relatively few people have heard of Richard Fink. And even fewer know of his connections to Big Tobacco – connections which may have influenced the creation and actions of Koch-funded front groups for decades to come. With the Kochs’ support, Fink estab
The Checks and Balances Project
added Feb 6, 2013 05:41
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Do Big Cigarette Taxes Hurt Big Tobacco?

One reason for the growth is expansion in developing markets in Asia and Africa, but the other reason, more important for the analysis of sales in the United States, is that excise taxes actually boost profits. “We are in a unique position where consumers
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
added Jan 23, 2013 17:10
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FLYNN: Smoking is healthier than fascism

Like fuel-efficiency standards on auto manufacturers, the tobacco taxes reveal the government unmaking an industry that made America.
Human Events
added Jul 15, 2012 20:49
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[Illinois] No limit on cigarette tax stamps, judge says

Illinois must sell as many cigarette tax stamps to distributors as they want, a Sangamon County judge decided Thursday. Shortly after the ruling, one distributor bought $13.2 million worth . . . retailers are demanding more cigarettes from them as smok
Daily Review Atlas (Monmouth, IL)
added Jun 14, 2012 21:06
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[Mid-east] UAE likely to revise tax on tobacco products

A GCC level proposal, if implemented will cause local tax on tobacco sales and production to replace the customs duty currently enforced, reported Khaleej Times.
MENAFN.com
added Jun 2, 2012 22:05
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California mulls $2 tax for cigarettes, risk for tobacco bonds

California's anti-smoking advocates are asking their legislature to back a $2 state tax hike on cigarettes - double the increase voters rejected last year - on the heels of President Barack Obama's urging a federal cigarette tax increase earlier this mont
Reuters
added Apr 22, 2013 20:14
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Obama Tobacco Tax To Fund Preschool Faces Industry Resistance

the White House will be taking on a formidable foe with significant lobbying clout. The Altria Group, the tobacco industry's largest lobbying organization, on Friday immediately came out against the idea of using an increased tobacco tax to pay for presch
Huffington Post (blog)
added Apr 6, 2013 05:04
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[Philippines] Cigarette prices and inflation uptick

For the first time in the history of taxation in the Philippines, an excise tax law favors imports over local products like cigarettes.
Malaya (ph)
added Mar 11, 2013 18:01
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[Illinois] Up in smoke

Local smoke shops react to state tobacco tax hike
Chicago Suburban Newspapers
added Jul 9, 2012 19:54
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