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MMississippi Headlines - Tobacco 2008

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Medicaid/Medicare- 2007 Medicaid/Medicare- 2008

Cigarette, Liquor Taxes Injected into Medicaid Debate
WTOK-TV, 5/29/08

Miss. House kills effort to increase cigarette tax for now
Sun Herald, 5/29/08

Most agree cigarette tax hike coming sooner or later
Northeast MS Daily Journal, 5/04/08

Medicaid: Hospital Assn. right; raise the cig tax
Clarion Ledger,5/02/0

Hospitals want cigarette tax in Medicaid talks
Northeast MS Daily Journal, 5/1/08

Hitt discusses governor's tax study commission: Local leaders disagree over cigarette tax
The Meridian Star, 4/19/08

LLOYD GRAY: Unchanged tax still an incentive for folks to smoke
Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/13/08

Legislature '08: Pass cig tax to fund Medicaid
Clarion Ledger, 4/09/08

Gone and Back Again
Jackson Free Press, 4/09/08

Sin taxes' now part of Senate discussion
Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/08/08

Resolution could hike cigarette, liquor tax rates
Clarion Ledger, 4/05/08

House puts 'sin tax' hike on table
Northeast MS Daily Journal, 4/05/08

Cigarette, Alcohol Taxes Could Be Part OF Medicaid Talks
WLOX-TV, 4/04/08

Cigarette, Alcolol Taxes Back on Table
WTOK-TV, 4/04/08

Tobacco Tax: State subsidy for smoking insane
Clarion Ledger, 3/20/08

Hike in Cig tax doesn't survive
Clarion Ledger, 3/19/08

EDITORIAL: Tax Cigarettes
Daily Journal, 3/19/08

Cigarette tax bill dies in committee; Medicaid in limbo
Daily Journal, 3/19/08

Bryan sees cigarette tax as futile effort
Daily Journal, 3/18/08


Legislative Update: It's about money stupid!

Jackson Free Press, 3/12/08

Editorial: Cigarette Tax

WDAM TV

Week 7 - Butt Tax and Task Force
Jackson Free Press, 2/27/08

Dead or alive? Cig Tax survives: Katrina bills blown away
Clarion Ledger, 2/20/08

Watch for lingerig animosity in tax issue
The Daily Jouornal, 2/19/08

Cigarette tax fight not totally snuffed out
for 2008

Sun Herald, 02/10/08

Legislative Update - Week 3: Cigs and Cells
Jackson Free Press, 01/30/08

It's time to reconsider cigarette tax
Natchez Democrat, 01/23/08

Legislature: Raise Cigarette Tax by $1
Jackson Free Press, 01/02/08

Smokers won't huff and puff over pennies; make it a dollar
Sun Hearld, 1/2/08