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Coalition calls MD’s alcohol tax a success

February 8, 2012

A coalition that pushed an alcohol tax increase last year is calling the tax a success and turning its efforts toward assuring that the new revenue is spent the way it was intended.... Read more »

Md. health advocates cheer allocation of proceeds from alcohol tax increase

January 25, 2012

Most of the money raised by a 50 percent increase in Maryland’s sales tax on alcohol has been allocated for health needs under Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget, said health advocates who cheered the result Tuesday.... Read more »

Alcohol tax money directed to health programs

Gov.Martin O'Malley has proposed $64 million in health programs this year that his administration has identified as having been funded by the alcohol tax.... Read more »

Proposal to raise MD cigar tax attacked: Denounced as a business burden

January 20, 2012

The governor’s support gives the tax a stronger chance of ending up in the final budget, though tobacco lobbyists and opposing lawmakers could push for its removal.... Read more »

The ‘other’ tobacco tax

Editorial View: Time for Maryland to do the right thing and tax cigars, snuff and other forms of tobacco at a rate comparable to the tax on cigarettes... Read more »