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Texas legislative briefs: Bill to extend cigarette tax to all manufacturers heads to governor ($$)

A measure to apply cigarette taxes for future health costs to all manufacturers won final approval in the House on Monday and is on its way to Gov. Rick Perry's desk.
Dallas Morning News
added May 24, 2013 05:26
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Update on NPM Fee Legislation — Mississippi, Florida and Texas

Tobacco Law blog— Troutman Sanders LLP
added Mar 20, 2013 00:20
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[Texas] E-Cigarettes may be hazardous to your health

Millions of Americans have used electronic cigarettes. Advocates say they're a safe and effective alternative to cigarettes, but as Susan McGinnis reports, the Food and Drug Administration says e-cigarettes may be hazardous to your health.
KYTX-TV - CBS19 & MYTX (Tyler, TX)
added Jul 7, 2012 17:51
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[Texas] Big Tobacco Beats Small Tobacco on Tax Vote

State Rep. John Otto's House Bill 3536 would charge these small companies 2.75 cents for each cigarette (or .09 ounces of tobacco) sold, used, consumed or distributed in Texas during 2013. The comptroller would compute the rate in subsequent years. "The
The Texas Tribune
added May 6, 2013 19:51
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[Texas] Juniors ignite million-dollar e-hookah, cigarette site

Waco junior Yaseen Waqar and Plano junior Rayyan Islam are the co-founders of www.LuxuryLites.com, an electronic cigarette and hookah site. In the last seven months, their company has made $1.7 million in sales with a profit of more than $320,000.
The Baylor Lariat (Waco, TX)
added Feb 28, 2013 04:53
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[Texas] Randy Travis arrested after trying to buy cigarettes while naked

Country singer faces drink-driving penalty and may be charged with threatening police officers
The Guardian (uk)
added Aug 9, 2012 17:44
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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.
Dallas Morning News blogs
added May 24, 2013 11:10
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[Texas] Letter: Smoking ban logic goes up in flames

Why should the government tell them how to care for their food and drink, but also allow them to expose their staff and customers to cigarette smoke? The editorial staff of the Amarillo Globe-News should either use better logic or stay out of the argume
Amarillo (TX) Globe-News
added May 13, 2013 04:21
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[Texas] Bill on cigarette tax burns its way through State House

"What this bill is about is one thing; do you sell cigarettes in this state? If you do then you should pay the same fee that everybody else pays," he said. Anesh Patel of The Smoke Shack in East Austin says no matter the tax, it won’t affect customer fl
Your News Now (YNN)
added May 8, 2013 06:48
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Texas Cigarette Buying Age Would Be Highest in U.S. Under Bill

Texas would become the first state to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21 from 18 as a way to curtail teenage smoking in a legislative proposal that may reduce tax collections. The measure introduced last month covers all tobacco products and is desig
Bloomberg News
added Mar 4, 2013 06:53
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