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CIG TAX: Call Your Legislator News

Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009

On Tuesday, Senate and House conferees agreed on a conference report that would raise Mississippi’s cigarette tax to 68 cents. While this proposal would retain the state far below the national average, this agreement is a step in the right direction. A 68 cent cigarette tax will provide much needed revenue for the state while leading to a reduction in youth smoking and general consumption.

However, our work is not done. We still need your help! The full Senate and House will return next week to vote on the conference report. Please take the time call your Senator and Representative this weekend and tell them to vote YES for a 68 cent cigarette tax.

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Thanks to your hard work and calls, we have made it this far. Do not let up now! It is important that lawmakers hear from you.

Call this Weekend!

Tell lawmakers that Mississippi cannot continue leaving money on the table. Each day lawmakers wait to pass a significant cigarette tax is a day Mississippi loses in lives and economic potential. Daily, 12 Mississippians are lost to smoking-related disease; 11 children lose out to newly formed smoking addictions; and hundreds of thousands in new revenue is lost by the state. Lawmakers cannot continue to put off the long-term financial and health needs of the state.