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Bad news for Wisconsin smokers

June 21, 2007 By WRN Contributor

Even opponents of the Governor's proposed $1.25 a pack increase for cigarettes believe something will pass the legislature.

State Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) predicts lawmakers will approve at least a 75 cents a pack increase in the state budget. Grothman doesn't support the full increase that the Governor is proposing, but thinks a lesser amount could get by. He says most people don't smoke and don't like smokers, so there's less hesitation to levy a tax on cigarettes. 

AUDIO: John Colbert reports (MP3 :31)

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