Tobacco tax supporters miss ballot

Saturday, August 10, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposal to more than quadruple Missouri's cigarette tax failed to get enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, Secretary of State Matt Blunt said Friday.

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