JACKSON, Mississippi - Senate Public Health Committee Chairman Hob Bryan allowed a cigarette tax bill to die in his committee Tuesday, saying he supports the measure but it couldn't be implemented this year.
Tuesday was the deadline for committees to take up bills originating in the opposite chamber. The cigarette tax bill was introduced in the House and passed there before it moved to the Senate.
The bill would have increased the state's cigarette excise tax by $1 per pack. Mississippi now has one of the lowest cigarette excise tax rates in the nation, at 18 cents a pack. More -
Tuesday was the deadline for committees to take up bills originating in the opposite chamber. The cigarette tax bill was introduced in the House and passed there before it moved to the Senate.
The bill would have increased the state's cigarette excise tax by $1 per pack. Mississippi now has one of the lowest cigarette excise tax rates in the nation, at 18 cents a pack. More -
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