In California, a Battle Over a Plan for $1-a-Pack Cigarette Tax
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In California, a Battle Over a Plan for $1-a-Pack Cigarette Tax

Los Angeles : CA : USA | Jun 03, 2012 at 12:26 PM PDT
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California has some of the toughest antismoking laws in the country it is illegal, in some places, to smoke in your own apartment and boasts the second-lowest per capita smoking rate in the 50 states. But for all the disdain toward smoking here, it has been 14 years since California raised its cigarette... FULL ARTICLE AT The New York Times
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