Smokers Bracing for Jump in Kentucky Cigarette Tax
Evansville Courier & Press › March 16, 2005
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Times are changing for Kentucky smokers, long accustomed to a barely noticeable cigarette tax in deference to tobacco's lofty status in the state.
Starting June 1, the 3-cent-per-pack cigarette tax -- lowest in the nation -- goes up by 27 cents. That has some smokers fuming that they were singled out unfairly in a tax overhaul passed by the General Assembly this week in hopes of solving the state's nagging fiscal woes.See the full content of this document
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Smokers Bracing for Jump in Kentucky Cigarette Tax
"It just shows me the politicians tax the things they care about the least," Barbara Danford said while buying a pack of cigarettes at a Cox's Smokers Outlet.
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