Taxes

With the opening of another state’s legislative session, another elected official is seeking an increase in tobacco taxes. This time, it’s Nebraska State Senator Mike…

A bill pre-filed with the New Mexico State Senate is seeking to more than double the taxes on premium cigars and other tobacco taxes in…

As part of a proposal to close the state’s deficit, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin is proposing an across the board tax increase on…

Mayor Rahm Emmanuel wants a new orientation program from incoming high schoolers in the city of Chicago and he might just use cigars to help pay…

While a proposal to raise the tobacco tax in Wyoming failed earlier this year, state legislators are once again turning the idea to close a…

Yesterday, time expired on the most recent session of the California legislative calendar, and it came and went without any action on a variety of…

As we reported last week, a special session in California has opened the floodgates for a variety of anti-tobacco related bills and now, as expected,…

As expected, a proposed tax on cigars is back on the table in Pennsylvania. Yesterday, 15 Democrats in the state senate introduced S.B. 13, which…

Just over a month ago, the city and borough of Ketchikan, Alaska seemed to be headed towards at least a thorough discussion and possible vote…

A cigar shop owner in Massachusetts is leading the charge to repeal the state’s 40% tobacco tax via a pair of petitions that have been…

A sizable new tobacco tax increase proposal in Ketchikan, Alaska gained a good bit of traction on Monday night, as the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly…