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Maryland Gov Signs 1st-In-Nation Measure to Help Uninsured

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed a first-in-the-nation measure to help people without health

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New Video Demonstrates Success of Alcohol and Tobacco Taxes to Address Public Health Issues and Save Lives

The Maryland Healthcare for All Coalition today released a video demonstrating the success of

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Republican governors are backing tobacco taxes; how about Hogan?

The Republican governors and legislatures of Nevada, Kansas and Louisiana should inspire Republican

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Maryland legislature considered many tax increases

“(We should) increase prices for tobacco to drive down the usage,” said Bill Sponsor Bill

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Marylanders Strongly Support Life-Saving Tobacco Tax Increase To Restore Health Care for Pregnant Women

Media Advisory February 19, 2015 Today, the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative released a

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MD’s cigarette tax is saving lives

If Mr. Hogan intends to cut taxes, as he has promised, the tobacco tax is one he’d be well

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Taxes with benefits in Maryland

The 2007 cigarette tax increase caused a 29 percent drop in teen smoking in our state and will save

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Great op-ed in the Washington Post

"As Maryland weighs another tobacco tax increase, it can look to the success of its last one."

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Candidates hit up for tobacco tax pledge

The Daily Record April 9, 2014 Bryan P. Sears If you’re running for a seat in the Maryland

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Two days after session ends, a push for higher tobacco taxes

  WBAL 1090AM April 9, 2014 Robert Lang Two days after the 2014 Session of the Maryland

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Poll shows Marylanders, Lower Shore residents support new cigarette tax

If the bill becomes law, DeMarco and others expect it would decrease youth smoking by 10 percent,

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Advocates’ stance: Higher taxes, less smoking

The Daily Record October 30, 2013 Bryan Sears The head of a group that spearheaded a $1 increase in

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Great hearings and great press!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Senate  hearing for our Healthy Maryland Initiative

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Tax the smokers again

The proposal is sure to face stiff opposition from tobacco companies. It's also sure to cut smoking

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Lobbyists hope tax will curb smoking in teens

"And whether we bend beneath the cross, bow before the Star of David, kiss the black stone of Mecca

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Health coalition to call for $1 tobacco tax hike

Thursday is the Great American Smoke-Out and, in case you need incentive, there’s a campaign to

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Maryland health group tries again for $1 tax hike on cigarettes

The tax increase would build on previous increases to the tobacco tax and play an important role in

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Health coalition to call for $1 increase in Maryland’s tobacco tax

A health care coalition is calling for a $1 increase in Maryland’s tobacco tax.

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Another tax increase proposed for Maryland cigarettes

"It's the kind of thing that the public supports, and it will do a lot of good," said Vincent

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MD Health group proposes another cigarette tax hike

Smokers in Maryland could have to pay more to light up. The health group, Maryland Citizens' Health