Summary
Gov. Gary Herbert is mistaken when he equates proposals to drastically increase the state's cigarette tax with the kind of tax increase that would harm a struggling economy. Reasons to raise the cigarette tax are many, varied and compelling. Yes, it would raise revenue -- estimates run between $24 million and $70 million, depending on the size of the increase and projections on how many people would quit the habit -- but the health benefits are even more important.
Last week, Herbert said, "I've got a couple of pens already out there, greased up and ready" to be used to veto bills the Legislature might send him. Among the ideas he suggested he would veto is a tobacco tax hike.See the full content of this document
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Don't Snuff Out Cigarette Tax Hike
The governor has been vague about his reasons for rejecting such an increase, other than to say this isn't the ti...
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