You co-sponsored a Senate bill to raise the federal cigarette tax to $1 per pack to fund children's health programs.

你曾参与起草了一项参议院议案，把每包香烟的联邦税费提高一美元，用于资助儿童健康项目。

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Sales of taxed cigarettes have plummeted a staggering 27 percent statewide since the highest cigarette tax in the nation took hold in July, a Post analysis has found.

烟草在线据《纽约邮报》报道编译 据《邮报》一项分析显示，自美国全国最高的卷烟税于7月开征以来，纽约州纳税卷烟的销售惊人的减少了27%。

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I pay health tax when I buy cigarette, but now I must hide when I smoke or face a fine.

我买烟纳了健康税，现在只能躲起来抽，要不就要罚款。

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So is cigarette smuggling. Smugglers stock up on cigarettes in low-tax states or buy them tax-free on Indian reservations.

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This is essentially a cigarette tax, though cigarettes have decades of undisputed research that they directly kill people.

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Expect an even greater fall for 2010 as new cigarette tax and rising unemployment make smoking less affordable.

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Minnesota lawmakers also approved an increase in the cigarette tax and an elimination of certain corporate exemptions as part of the package.

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