Plan moving forward to hike Missouri's tobacco tax by 23 cents a pack, use proceeds for transportation | St. Louis Public Radio

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After months of mulling over the details, an unlikely coalition of convenience stores, gas stations and low-cost cigarette companies has hit the streets to collect signatures for a proposed 23-cent-a-pack hike in Missouri’s tobacco tax – now the nation’s lowest.

Under the initiative petition that the group began circulating this week, the estimated $100 million a year that the higher tax would raise would be designated for the state’s transportation needs.

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Plan moving forward to hike Missouri's tobacco tax by 23 cents a pack, use proceeds for transportation | St. Louis Public Radio