Legislature OKs hefty tax increases on tobacco
Quick ReadLawmakers Monday approved hefty increases in state taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Photo credit: AP | New York Gov. David A. Paterson reacts during a legislative leaders budget meeting at the Capitol in Albany. (June 9. 2010)
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ALBANY - Lawmakers Monday approved hefty increases in state taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products that were put into the emergency spending bills required to keep government running.
Gov. David A. Paterson's push to raise the cigarette tax by $1.60 per pack to $4.35, the nation's highest, will go into effect July 1. The increase passed the Assembly, 77-64, and the Senate, 32-29.
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