Featured Tobacco tax dies in House committee
While the use of tobacco products remains the number one cause of preventable death in Mississippi, a broadly supported policy to create a $1.50 per...
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Featured Tobacco tax may rise to $2.18
by Alex Paton
The price for a pack of cigarettes could soon go up drastically, by $1.50 to be exact. The tax is currently at 68 cents, and Senator...
Featured Cigarette tax may rise to $1.50
by Alex Paton
A pack of cigarettes in a Mississippi gas station costs around $5.00, but legislators are looking at a bill that would increase the taxes on cigarettes...
Featured Mississippi legislature: bills dead and alive
by Alex Paton
Tuesday was the final day for House and Senate committees to pass general bills that originated in and already passed out of their opposite chamber....
MS legislators look to increase tobacco tax
by Alex Paton
Legislators in Mississippi are looking at putting a greater tax on Cigarettes and Tobacco. “The proponents of this want tobacco to be used less and...