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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.
Apr 10, 2013
Think Progress (blog)
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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
Jan 31, 2013
The Checks and Balances Project
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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
Jan 22, 2013
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
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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.
Jul 9, 2012
Human Events
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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
Jun 14, 2012
Daily Review Atlas (Monmouth, IL)
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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.
May 31, 2012
MENAFN.com
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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
Apr 22, 2013
Reuters
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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
Apr 5, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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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.
Mar 12, 2013
Malaya (ph)
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Mar 11, 2013 18:01
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[Illinois] Up in smoke
Local smoke shops react to state tobacco tax hike
Jun 29, 2012
Chicago Suburban Newspapers
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Jul 9, 2012 19:54