Illinois Senate President Wants To Raise Cigarette Tax By Dollar

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It could soon be a lot more expensive to buy a carton of cigarettes in Illinois.  Illinois Senate President John Cullerton this week introduced a plan to raise the state’s cigarette tax by a dollar.  Right now, Illinois smokers pay a dollar-98 per-pack in taxes.  The proposed increase would hike that to almost three dollars per-pack.  The cigarette tax in Iowa is a dollar-36 per-pack. It could soon be a lot more expensive to buy a carton of cigarettes in Illinois.  Illinois Senate President John Cullerton this week introduced a plan to raise the state’s cigarette tax by a dollar.  Right now, Illinois smokers pay a dollar-98 per-pack in taxes.  The proposed increase would hike that to almost three dollars per-pack.  The cigarette tax in Iowa is a dollar-36 per-pack.
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