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| | US News : Southern States See Green in Cigarettes, ( Kerala news, India News,Us,UK,Kerala Shopping,Onam Special,Kerala ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | US News, MIAMI - Southern tobacco-producing U.S. states, backed into a corner by financial woes, are breaking a taboo against raising their minuscule taxes on cigarettes. |
 | | North Carolina, Kentucky and other southern states with some of America's lowest excise rates on cigarettes are defying a powerful tobacco lobby and debating hefty tax increases meant to add hundreds of millions of dollars of much-needed revenue. |
 | | State excise taxes, which are on top of federal government levies of about 40 cents a pack, range from $2.46 in Rhode Island to 3 cents in Kentucky and help pay for schools, roads, healthcare and other civil services in each state. |
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