tobacco tax

Missouri Legislature Economic Development

Analysis: Mo. Voters Continue Rejecting Taxes

Last statewide tax increase in 1987.

2012/11/18

University of Missouri Med School Expansion Tied To Tobacco Tax Hike

That was the message from university leaders at a Wednesday news conference to support raising the cigarette tax from the current 17 cents per pack to 90 cents.

2012/10/31

Bus Tour Wraps Up for Missouri Tobacco Tax Measure

Backers of a proposal to increase Missouri’s lowest-in-the nation cigarette taxes wrapped up a statewide bus tour Friday at the state Capitol.

2012/10/12

Missouri Tobacco Tax Backers Plan School Bus Tour

The “Show-Me A Brighter Future” campaign plans to begin the bus tour Monday in Jefferson City and visit more than 20 cities in 12 days.

2012/09/28

Two Missouri Initiatives Qualify For November Ballot

Missouri voters will be asked in November to raise the state’s tobacco tax and let St. Louis run its own police department.

2012/08/07

High Court Reviews Mo. Ballot Initiatives

Initiatives include whether to raise the minimum wage, increase tobacco taxes and limit interest rates on payday loans.

2012/06/25

Missouri Board of Education Wants Tobacco Tax Increased

The measure would raise Missouri’s cigarette tax from 17 cents per pack to 90 cents beginning January.

2012/06/20

Missouri Tobacco Dealers Eye Cross-Border Customers

The Missouri tax is 17-cents a pack, the lowest in the nation.

2012/05/13

Smoking 1, Getty Images, photo by Darrell Gulin

Illinois Roll-Your-Own Tax in the Works

Phil Accordino, president of RYO Machine, says this bill is nothing more than an attempt to put another notch in Philip Mottis’ belt.

2012/05/01

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (Getty/Scott Olson)

Gov. Quinn Promises More Cuts and Taxes to Reduce Deficit

Trying to make up $2.7 billion, Gov. Pat Quinn says his job is to tell lawmakers not what they want to hear, but what they need to hear.

2012/04/20

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