Virginia governor asks to double cigarette tax

Kentucky’s Steve Beshear isn’t the only governor in the region looking to shore up a state budget deficit by boosting one of the nation’s lowest cigarette taxes.

Virginia’s cigarette tax is now 30 cents a pack, just like Kentucky’s. But Gov. Tim Kaine plans to ask lawmakers there to double it. Read details here.

Beshear is hoping to raise Kentucky’s cigarette tax by 70 cents, to $1 a pack. How will the response to Kaine’s move affect what happens in Kentucky?

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    December 17th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

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