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Cigarette Tax

12/22/06 Council Recommends Cigarette Tax Increase, Improved Medicaid Rates
12/19/06 News Release: Hospital Association Supports Tobacco Tax Increase, Other Recommendations from Healthy Wisconsin Council
News Release: Cigarette Tax Hikes Finds Overwhelming Support in State -- 77 percent of those surveyed support increasing the tax (2/24/05)
10/21/05 Bill to Increase the Cigarette Tax Proposed - Funding to be used to increase hospital and nursing home MA payments
4/22/05 - President's Column: Cigarette Tax; AHA Annual Meeting; PAC
4/22/05 - Support Continues to Mount for $1 Hike in Cigarette Tax
4/8/05 - Gov. Doyle Opens Door to Cigarette Tax Hike -- Bipartisan Proposal could generate $640 million GPR, $1.5 billion all funds in 2005-07
4/8/05 - WMC Launches "Hidden Health Care Tax" Radio Ads
2/25/05 - Cigarette Tax Hike Finds Overwhelming Support in State
2/25/05 - President's Column: Tobacco Tax

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