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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 12 > Cigarette prices rise ahead of tax increase

Cigarette prices rise ahead of tax increase


February 12, 2009

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Though a federal cigarette tax increase remains weeks away, at least two U.S. cigarette-makers already have upped prices and another is cutting some wholesaler discounts as demand drops. Both Altria Group Inc., which owns Philip Morris USA, and Lorillard Inc., which....

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