Thursday, October 29, 2009
The senator represents smoking tax, Again
Tennesseans soon it will be possible to pay more for a pack of cigarettes. Senator Rozalinda Smoke supports $1 in packing of increase at cigarettes. She has told it can generate nearby $400 million in additional money for the state. It not the first time Smoke told about increase tax a cigarette. It always failure in the past, however some consider that the idea grows this time. "Every year I have received all more close and more close to passage of it," Smoke have told. The senator has told Smoke increase will hold children from smoking, and Tennessee has one of the lowest taxes of cigarettes in the country." We have such low taxes to cigarettes. Back we have the greatest quantity of pupils of high schools which use cigarettes, than any state, in the United States ", speaks Smoke. New support increase can keep idea afloat on Capitol Hill. The speaker of the House of Representatives Jimmy Nafieh seems, are assured, any will increase." I feel, there will be no cigarette increase, do not know how many, I do not know, where we are going to put it still ", has told Naifieh. Its increase in the tax can receive more draughts in the legislation this time because of its position. Now it speaker Pro the rate, the second position in the senate. Smoke has told researches show, the more cigarettes cost, the it is less probability, children to take away a habit. Smoke also pressing the bill which would forbid a cigarette of the companies from free samples for teenagers distributed. Legislators should begin discussion of bills within next several weeks. This session of Legislative Assembly, the account the interdiction for smoking at restaurants also will be entered.
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