| | TimesDispatch.com Views differ on cigarette tax |
 | | Count Martin as a "no" vote when the upcoming General Assembly takes up Gov. Mark R. Warner's proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax from 2.5 cents to 25 cents per pack and to give localities the option of imposing an additional local tax of up to 50 cents a pack. |
 | | Hall also said he is worried that a large black market in cigarettes would ensue because bordering states such as Kentucky and North Carolina would have lower tax rates if Warner's proposal is enacted. |
 | | William R. Janis, R-Henrico, said Philip Morris and other industries that serve the tobacco industry, such as packaging companies and shipping companies, employ almost 20,000 people in the Richmond area. |
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