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In Our Opinion: Lawmakers fuming over cigarette tax

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Smokers don’t necessarily want to pay for interstate corridors with the costly habit.

Last week, the Senate approved a 50-cent increase in the cigarette tax from its current 7-cent tax. The cigarette tax will as of now be used to pay for rural water, sewer or other funding as the government sees fit…