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Smokers fume over NY cigarette tax

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An open pack of Marlboro Lights lays by a lit cigarette in an ash tray. Altria is feeling pressure to expand Phillip Morris' business as cigarette smoking decreases annually in the U.S.

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by Jill Barshay
Marketplace for Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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Louis LaBarge - Jun 12, 2008

I just started rolling my own. $2 for 3 days worth beats $21 any way you look at it. Of course, they are unfiltered, so it's even worse for me, but hey, they drove me to it. Good job, NY

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Rick Conner - Jun 6, 2008

assuming these 140,000 hopefuls do quit and they smoked just 1 pack a day for a year where will NY find the 140,000,000 i lost revenue? I don't smoke but this is as unfair as it gets. Shame on the NY leeches.

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