A serious effort is under way to raise Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax — a move that would vastly improve the health of both citizens and the state’s finances.
WHAT OTHERS SAY: Higher cigarette tax would improve health care, schools in Missouri
Monday, November 21, 2011 | 11:41 a.m. CST;
updated 8:53 p.m. CST, Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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