Increasing the tax on cigarettes tax by 84. Barring some fancy legislative footwork in the Senate, it appears that voters will be deciding on this tobacco tax increase. All good, right? By law, any bill that increases a tax requires a three-fifths majority, which meant that five Republicans needed to agree in order to produce a 36-22 vote. The state s legislative fiscal office estimated that the tax increase was enough to offset the loss of smokers expected to quit rather than pay. The...

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Now, with Smith supporting a federal excise tax and state cigarette tax increase, Girard wrote that he can no longer support the senator. The measures, which would fund children's healthcare, would place an unfair burden on tobacco users -- a large segment of the chain's customers, according to the letter. In addition, an Associated Press report from February stated that Smith supported a Democratic plan to increase the state's cigarette tax by 0.84 cents per pack to pay for an expansion...

WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court opened the door to much bigger verdicts against the major tobacco companies in a unanimous decision which said that many if not most smoker law suits against the companies can proceed in state courts where damages tend to be much higher, rather than in federal courts as the defendants had pushed for. WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court opened the door to much bigger verdicts against the major...

The Partnership was created later as a pilot program using separate payments from cigarette makers. Mississippi in 1997 settled its lawsuit against the tobacco industry, which was filed to recover public costs of treating sick smokers. Welcome toHattiesburg American - Hattiesburg, Miss. Court rules tobacco money can't be diverted JACKSON, Miss. The Supreme Court upheld a December 2006 order from a Jackson County chancery judge, who said only the Legislature could appropriate money to...