Smokers Could Pay 50 Cents More A Pack
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BOSTON -- Smokers would pay an extra 50 cents a pack for cigarettes under a plan being pushed by a health care advocacy group. The plan is designed to dramatically reduce the number of uninsured people in Massachusetts.
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The passage of a major U.S. tax bill  on Monday containing a buyout for tobacco farmers has left a  bitter taste among public health groups that had hoped to link  the funding to new federal laws regulating cigarettes.
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Cigarette warning labels should cover at least half of the package's front and back and use graphic color photos of cancer and other health effects to deter smokers, U.S. Senators said on Wednesday.
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Philip Morris, a unit of Altria Group Inc. (MO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , told wholesalers on Thursday it would reduce its &quot;off-invoice&quot; discounts to $5.50 a carton from $6.50, a move that
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As a Senate committee prepares to approve an additional $35 billion for children's health insurance, the Bush administration spelled out its objections to how the increase would be paid for &#151; a 61-cent increase on the excise tax for a pack of cigarettes.
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Altria Group Inc.&#39;s Philip Morris USA has started to increase cigarette prices, providing what some analysts consider the first sign of life in the US cigarette market since 2002.
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Rockford, Illinois- A local fraternity is pitching in to try to get people to stop smoking. Members of Phi Theta Kappa were offering free lollipops in exchange for a cigarette on Thursday as part of the Great American Smokeout.
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Smokers in Massachusetts would face a 20-cent increase in the tobacco tax under a health care reform plan by Sen. Richard T. Moore to provide health insurance to Bay State families unable to afford it.
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The world's third largest cigarette group, Japan Tobacco Inc , on Thursday made a 7.5 billion pound ($14.7 billion) cash offer for rival Gallaher Group Plc , sources close to the situation said.
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The price may hit $3.50 a gallon this spring because of problems obtaining alkylates.
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The Bush administration said that Medicare would soon pay for counseling to help beneficiaries stop smoking.
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Many companies are seeking to reduce their medical bills by paying for programs to help employees stop smoking.
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PITTSBURGH -- A Pennsylvania brewery is betting beer drinkers are willing to pay an extra dollar to keep their drinks cold nearly an hour longer.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare said Thursday that it intends to pay for counseling to help some of the nation&#39;s 4 million older smokers kick the habit.
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California voters by nearly a 2-to-1 majority would support increasing their state's cigarette tax by $2 per pack to help raise cash for a state effort to provide health-care insurance to the uninsured, according to the latest Field Poll released on Friday.
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Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost older people and the disabled about $40 a month more.
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By Andy Sher, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jun. 8--NASHVILLE -- House Democrats backed off plans Thursday to seek another 3-cent-per-pack cigarette tax on top of a previously passed 42-cent increase.   Gov.