cigarette tax

Cigarette Tax Increase On The Table In Missouri

Marshall Griffin — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:32:55 +0000

Despite being rejected by voters last month, there’s a new proposal to raise Missouri’s cigarette tax.

Clearing The Smoke On Proposition B

Elana Gordon — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:00:05 +0000

Missouri currently has the lowest cigarette tax in the country. Now, a measure on this November’s ballot proposes changing that, raising it for the first time in two decades.

Health Insurance & Cigarette Tax On Missouri Ballot

Steve Kraske, Beth Lipoff and Elana Gordon — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:13:40 +0000

Health insurance, one of the major issues of the presidential election, is making a bigger impact on Missouri’s state ballot.

Missouri Governor Stays Out Of Tobacco Tax Debate

Elana Gordon — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:05:42 +0000

While supporters of raising Missouri’s cigarette tax wrap up their petition gathering efforts in the next week, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has reaffirmed his distance from the initiative.

Multiple Tobacco Tax Petitions Approved For Circulation

Elana Gordon — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:25:02 +0000

Missouri's Secretary of State has now approved more than a dozen petitions related to the taxing of tobacco products. But a lot fewer are likely to end up in circulation, and of those remaining, the aims may be very different.

Missouri House To Look At Cigarette Tax

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:51:20 +0000

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Two proposals to raise taxes on cigarettes in Missouri have been filed in the State House. Missouri currently has the lowest cigarette tax in the nation at 17 cents a pack.