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[Idaho, Oregon, Washington] Proposed cigarette tax increase in OR could light up black market
“You get a lot of crime accompanying cigarette bootlegging,” said Patrick Fleenor, chief economist of Fiscal Economics Inc., who has written extensively on the economics of smoking. “It has similar effects to drug smuggling.” A study by the Mackinac Cen
Mar 19, 2013
Watchdog.org (Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity)
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Apr 12, 2013 10:42
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[Washington] Yakama tribal cigarette maker could face $30M tax bill
Under the 1855 Yakama treaty, the tribe reserved its right to the exclusive use of the reservation. That lawsuit is pending. Meanwhile, the federal government has sued King Mountain in U.S. District Court, seeking $30 million in federal excise taxes it
Feb 20, 2013
Yakima (WA) Herald
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Feb 21, 2013 10:17
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[Washington] Great American Spitout Campaign Exposes Chewing Tobacco Dangers
Feb 15, 2013
U.S. Navy.mil
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Feb 16, 2013 21:49
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[Washington] Tobacco sales to minors at highest level in the last decade
The number of Washington retailers illegally selling tobacco to minors has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. An annual report that tracks illegal sales shows about 16 percent of tobacco retailers in our state sold tobacco to minors from Ja
Dec 12, 2012
PR Newswire
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Dec 12, 2012 15:48
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[Washington] Bellingham Herald Agents raid Indian smoke shop
State and federal agents swarmed an Indian smoke shop in Puyallup on Wednesday, seizing scores of items. Agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with officers from the state Liquor Control Board, removed files,
Sep 20, 2012
Bellingham (WA) Herald
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Sep 20, 2012 09:09
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Should hookah bars remain open despite Washington's indoor smoking ban?
The lounges say they’re private clubs, not public venues, so the law doesn’t apply. They all charge some sort of membership fee, typically about $5. That defense doesn’t sway health officials, like Frank DiBiase of the Tacoma Pierce County Health Depart
Sep 17, 2012
KPLU 88.5 (Seattle, WA)
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Sep 18, 2012 00:12
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[Washington] Letter: Enforce no-smoking laws
I was a little disappointed that you gave Jasmine Pursley her 15 minutes of fame by publishing her picture with the front-page July 25 story "Smokers continue to light up in city's parks despite ban." My take on the photo is that the smoker has an arroga
Jul 29, 2012
Vancouver (WA) Columbian
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Aug 3, 2012 18:38
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[Washington] In Our View: Still Deadly, Still Illegal
Six months later, Vancouver's ban on smoking in parks still makes sense
Jul 26, 2012
Vancouver (WA) Columbian
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Jul 26, 2012 12:38
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[Washington] Court shoots down Yakama tobacco company lawsuit
A tobacco company owned by a Yakama Nation tribal member must pay into an escrow account established under a 1998 settlement with big tobacco companies, a federal judge has ruled.
Apr 8, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Apr 9, 2013 02:15
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Washington State Board of Health agenda – tobacco use among kids
The state Department of Health will brief the board about youth tobacco use, and a recent increase in illegal sales of tobacco to minors. A panel of representatives from the Office of the Attorney General, Pierce County Anti-Tobacco Coalition, Washington
Mar 12, 2013
Enumclaw (WA) Courier-Herald
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Mar 12, 2013 13:17