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OLYMPIA, Wash., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Retired program manager of the tobacco tax enforcement program for the Washington Liquor Control Board, Carter Mitchell, announced today his opposition to the proposed $1.00 per pack increase in the state's excise tax on cigarettes.
"This tax is a job-killer," said Mitchell, now a consultant with Washington Neighborhood Stores (WNS). "From 1997-2006, my officers and I witnessed the effect that high cigarette taxes have on consumer buying habits," said Mitchell. "We are surrounded by lower- tax states. People will gladly flee the state's high taxes by going to Oregon or Idaho and that hurts businesses right here in the state."See the full content of this document
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Businesses Fear Tobacco Tax Job-Loss
If the legislature approves the $1.00 per pack increase, Washington cigarette tax rates would be $18.45 per carton higher ...
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