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Lionel Mandrake

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5. Plenty of taxes on cigarettes?

Reply to xtraxritical (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 12:37 PM

Feb 2012

Tax Rates per 20 Pack vary from $0.17 in Missouri to $4.35 in New York. California was once a leader, but California's $0.87 per pack is now less than that of the majority of states. Whether this is "plenty" or not will be an issue we vote on in June.

For tax rates in the 50 states, read:
http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/2010-state-cigarette-excise-taxes.aspx

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Lance Armstrong campaigns for California cigarette tax measure [View all] Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 OP

Lance Armstrong is looking for some free publicity xtraxritical Feb 2012 #1

Plenty of taxes on cigarettes? Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #5

I don't know how it raises any significant xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #6

OT, but everything you post is somehow better for your awesome handle stevenleser Feb 2012 #2

I'm glad you like it. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #16

At some point, cheaper black-market smokes will become the norm.. LeftinOH Feb 2012 #3

It already is a big problem. progressoid Feb 2012 #10

According to the LA Times story, part of the money raised by Prop. 29 Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #11

Or give narcos here sometning else to smuggle. expatriate2mex Feb 2012 #14

Maybe a special tax on the chemical industry. Bonhomme Richard Feb 2012 #4

CA needs to chuck our referendum system and force our legislators to do their elected jobs. stopbush Feb 2012 #7

Yes, our referendum system sucks. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #17

OK... SOS Feb 2012 #8

I agree. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #13

Totally on board with this... truebrit71 Feb 2012 #9

Why do these tax schemes always try and increase the taxes by such a huge amount? DJ13 Feb 2012 #12

And then let's tax abortions to fund depression research on women, and then.... Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #15