From: John Cuccia 

On Sat, 21 May 2005 10:27:42 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>Oh did you hear the latest, they were going to add $0.45 tax to a pack of
>cigarettes and the same to a case of beer, then the beer companies got
>together and had a signature drive and delivered beer cases full of signed
>petitions to the state house.

Same thing here, the governor initially proposed a 50 cents increase in tax
on alcohol and cigarettes along with higher taxes on video poker machines. 
Once the alcohol and gambling lobbies were done, all that was left was a
$1.00 tax on cigarettes.

>

I doubt it .

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