Proposed tobacco tax increase: I'd like to hear from you

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Over the past few months, the University of Missouri has been working with Treasurer Clint Zweifel and Attorney General Chris Koster on a proposal to raise the tobacco tax from 17 cents per pack to somewhere around 90 cents per pack, with the revenue to go to universities under Treasurer Zweifel's new "Missouri Promise" program.

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