Tobacco in the News

2008

• Jun. 4, 2008
  EDITORIAL: Tobacco Tax - Las Vegas Review-Journal
  
  
• Jun. 3, 2008
  NYACS: Cigarette Tax Will Boost Tax Evasion Epidemic - North Country Gazette
  
  
• May 22, 2008
  EDITORIAL: Buttlegger's Booty - New York Post
  
  
• May 14, 2008
  EDITORIAL: Tax increase boosts crime - Charlottesville Daily Progress
  
  
• May 14, 2008
  Charles M. Arlinghaus: Holding back the governor's tax hikes - Unionleader.com
  
  
• May 12, 2008
  Tennessee tax collections fall short - Memphis Business Journal
  
  
• May 11, 2008
  Links between high cigarette tax, terrorism - Georgetown News-Graphic
  
  
• May 7, 2008
  Cigarette Taxes Are Fueling Organized Crime - The Wall Street Journal
  
  
• April 29, 2008
  Cigarette Smugglers Funnel Money to Terror Groups, Report Finds - FOX News
  
  
• April 26, 2008
  Beacon Hill's gift to the black market - The Boston Globe
  
  
• April 2008
  AWMA and RJ Reynolds Meet to Discuss Opposition to FDA Bill - AWMA
  
  
• April 2008
  R.J. Reynolds Expands Advocacy Web Site - Convenience Store News
  
  
• April 23, 2008
  Higher tobacco taxes reflect overall tax burden - Times Union
  
  
• April 18, 2008
  Fighting Tobacco Taxes - CSP Daily News
  
  
• April 14, 2008
  Smuggling is certain to increase - The Associated Press
  
  
• April 13, 2008
  State cigarette tax millions short of earlier projections - The Daily Cardinal
  
  
• April 6, 2008
  Carlson: Indeed, cigarette sales went south (to Missouri) - Des Moines Register
  
  
• April 6, 2008
  Carlson: Indeed, cigarette sales went south (to Missouri) - Des Moines Register
  
  
• March 24, 2008
  Raising cigarette tax won't help budget - Kentucky.com
  
  
• March 11, 2008
  State's ongoing tax-collection deficits are likely to lead to more spending cuts - The Tennessean
  
  
• January 3, 2008
  Letter to the Editor: SCHIP would harm farmers - Fayetteville Obeserver
  
  

2007

• December 19, 2007
  Dems give up SCHIP fight until the 111th - The Hill
  
  
• November 8, 2007
  Schip Wreck - The Wall Street Journal
  
  
• October 1, 2007
  Tennessee Residents Crossing State Line To Buy Cigarettes - WYMT News
  
  
• October 1, 2007
  Bush veto gives victory to tobacco industry - Triange Business Journal
  
  
• September 24, 2007
  A Trojan Horse - The Washington Times
  
  
• September 7, 2007
  Dope Smokers (PDF) - Wall Street Journal
  
  
• September 2007
  Why Families Should Be Concerned about SCHIP - The Heritage Foundation
  
  
• August 19, 2007
  State proving it can overtax economic activity - Asbury Park Press
  
  
• July 24, 2007
  Opinion: A tax cure for healthcare - Wall Street Journal
  
  

2006 and earlier

• June 2,2006
  Opinion: Raising Cigarette Tax, More Harmful Than Helpful (PDF) - Asbury Park Press
  
  
• July 7, 2005
  As Cigarette Taxes Rise, New Study Shows Revenue Estimates Failing as Customers Go Underground - Tax Foundation
  
  
• February 2004
  Illicit Cigarette Trafficking and the Funding of Terrorism - The Police Chief Magazine
  
  

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