Tying Funding for Veterans and the Mentally Ill to Tobacco Tax Revenues Is Counterproductive and Hypocritical Policy
A 400 percent increase in North Dakota's tax on cigarettes (and a big hike on other tobacco products, which are...
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North Dakota Tobacco Use Rates Are Inconvenient For Anti-Tobacco Crusaders
According to a report from Robin Huebner, North Dakota is "third worst" (from the perspective of opposing tobacco use, I...
Legislature Kills Another Tobacco Tax Hike, Will It Go To The Ballot?
The state Senate killed another tobacco tax hike today. This time it was SB2322, introduced by Senator Tim Mathern (D-Fargo)....
Lesson For North Dakota: Tobacco Smuggling Spikes In Minnesota After Tax Hike
Last week I wrote a post about proposed tobacco tax hikes being considered by lawmakers in Bismarck. I cited research...
LaFaive And Nesbit: Raising ND Tobacco Tax Could Lead To Rampant Smuggling
Michael LaFaive is director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Todd Nesbit, Ph.D., is...
