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New York Fight Keeps Court Dockets Smoking

21 June 2011

I’ve often said that I believe that the behaviors associated with sales tax rates are overstated. I actually don’t believe that folks will drive across the border from Pennsylvania to Delaware to avoid sales tax on a roll of paper towels or a magazine. And despite the hue and cry otherwise, I don’t believe that [...]

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So exactly how much do you want to smoke?

4 November 2007

That’s what legislatures seem to be trying to find out these days. Wisconsin has enacted a $1.77 per pack cigarette tax (raising the tax an extra dollar per pack) that goes into effect in January 2008. Believe it or not, that will not make Wisconsin the most expensive state to light up. The current average [...]

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