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October 2002
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Taxing Smokes By equating zero revenue with zero smoking, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg implies that New Yorkers who refuse to pay the highest cigarette taxes in the country -- $3.39 perpack -- will have no choice but to quit. In the real world, however, smokers have alternatives.   |
Reason
February 2006
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Better Not Shop Around Internet retailing threatens to cut into the profits of the shady characters who make a living trucking cigarettes from low-tax to high-tax states. But cigarette smugglers have found an unlikely ally: New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
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Japan Enjoys a Nicotine Buzz The Japanese hoard cigarettes ahead of a major tobacco tax increase -- and that may add as much as 1.4 percentage points to third-quarter GDP growth. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006
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Big Tobacco's Showdown In The West California is about to add $2.60 in tax per pack of smokes. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2006
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Money Up in Smoke A bad habit can be a big financial drain. Take a look and see what happens if you invest $4.36 every day instead of buying cigarettes. |
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December 8, 2009
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Altria: The Healthiest Stock Addiction Altria is a "forever hold" stock. |
Wired
December 20, 2007
Nicholas Thompson |
Q&A: Michael Bloomberg on Free Wi-Fi, Crime and Higher Office An interview with a local official not afraid to take on national issues. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2010
Colleen Paulson |
Altria's Stayin' Alive Altria delivers EPS growth in spite of a decline in cigarette volume. |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
Elizabeth M. Whelan |
Tobacklash! One man wins $3 billion from Philip Morris and suddenly
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BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Smart Moves for Stopping Smoking Office bans against lighting up, higher taxes, and adult-focused antitobacco ads work well. But the tobacco industry's political power remains strong. |
| AskMen.com |
WHO: Get Graphic With Smokers Cigarette packages should include images of sickness and suffering caused by tobacco, along with written warnings, the World Health Organization said. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Is Safer Smoke a Joke? A fire-safe cigarette statute for New York may spawn copycat laws over the rest of the country, too. |
Reason
November 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Illegal Settlement Fighting the cigarette cartel: Regarding the 1998 agreement that settled 46 state lawsuits against the four major tobacco companies, the states got payments totaling more than $200 billion during the first 25 years; the tobacco companies got protection from liability and competition; and consumers got the bill. |
