Cigarette Tax to Fill Budget Holes– 7 States in 2015

The following states raised cigarette taxes this year:

• Kansas
  •  tax hike of 50 cents
• Louisianna 
  •  $1.6 billion budget shortfall filled with 50 cent tax hike
• Ohio
  • 35-cent increase
  • Gov. Kasich proposed $1 tax
• Nevada
  • $1 tax increase
• Also increasing cigarette taxes: Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont

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