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Posted: 5:06 AM Mar 23, 2007
Poll Shows Wisconsinites Want Smoking Ban
A majority of Wisconsin residents support increasing the cigarette tax a quarter per pack.
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A majority of Wisconsin residents support increasing the cigarette tax a quarter per pack.
Results of a new poll show 64-percent of people are in favor of raising the tax, which Governor Jim Doyle is proposing. The same poll found that the same amount people are also favoring a statewide smoking ban in bars restaurants and work places.
The tavern league is lobbying for an exemption on a ban in bars and republican lawmakers are fighting a cigarette tax hike.
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