Scarcnet News Summaries (Advocacy Institute)
Maryland Governor Pushes "Significant" Tobacco Tax Increase In Address
Date: 22 Jan 1999
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Abstract
In his State of the State address yesterday, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening (D) called for a "significant" increase in the tobacco excise tax. The Governor's budget proposal is balanced assuming a $1 per pack cigarette tax increase and a 25 percent tax on cigars and smokeless tobacco. The budget has tied popular college construction projects to the tobacco tax. The Senate Finance Committee Chairman Thomas L. Bromwell was skeptical about the Governor "get[ting] everything he's asking for." Mr. Bromwell also noted that the tobacco tax traditionally "has been a hard sell in the Senate."
Source: Daniel LeDuc and Robert Pierre, "Glendening Makes Education 'The Priority'," WASHINGTON POST, January 22, 1999, p. B1.