2009 Legislature: ; Health Reform Poll Shows Tax Hike Support; Residents Favor Tobacco Tax Hike, Menu Labeling
Charleston Gazette › March 13, 2009
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As state lawmakers hit the second half of their session, advocates for health-care reform hope a new poll will push them to raise the cigarette tax and to make fast-food chains label their menus.
About 63 percent of West Virginians support raising the state cigarette tax from 55 cents a pack to a dollar, according to the poll released Thursday by the West Virginians' Campaign for a Healthy Future.See the full content of this document
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2009 Legislature: ; Health Reform Poll Shows Tax Hike Support; Residents Favor Tobacco Tax Hike, Menu Labeling
More than half of smokers support health-care reform even if it's paid for by a tobacco tax, the poll found.
"Even people who smoke sup...See the full content of this document
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