The Hong Kong government is seeking to ban the possession of e-cigarettes and other alternative smoking products in public by the end of April next year, along with other proposed measures to curb ...

Effective July 1, 2025, the cigarette tax will rise by $2 per pack, with proportional increases on other tobacco products. This measure will generate approximately $800 million over the biennium, ...

A drunken yob assaulted his own grandmother after she refused him a cigarette in the middle of the night. Daniel Gaunt returned to his gran's home after an evening of drinking and kept going into ...

To help make up the difference, lawmakers more than doubled the cigarette tax, raising it to $2 per pack. They also increased taxes on cigars, vape cartridges, and other tobacco products — a move ...

Facing a worse-than-expected fiscal forecast, the Indiana Legislature approved a pared-down $46.2 billion state budget bill early Friday morning that will triple the state’s cigarette tax and cut ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For the first time in nearly two decades, Indiana is raising its cigarette tax—and it’s a big jump. Lawmakers approved a $2 per-pack increase as part of the state ...

Republican leaders in the Senate and House and Gov. Mike Braun reached a decision on a final budget, which includes raising the cigarette tax by $2 a pack to help address a $2.4 billion deficit.

Simon Tumwesigye, the URA Manager for Enforcement and Border Control in Northern Region Based in Arua. More than 100 cartons of contraband Super match cigarettes, estimated at over 150 million ...

Legislators also increased taxes on multiple forms of tobacco — not just cigarettes — in the final budget compromise. House Speaker Todd Huston shares budget details on April 23, 2025.

The budget included the first tax hike on cigarettes in nearly 20 years. Hoosier smokers can expect to pay $2 per pack in taxes on cigarettes. This is roughly double the current rate. All tobacco ...

Sen. Ryan Mishler (R-District 9) announced the cost of a pack of cigarettes would go up by $2 a pack, the first increase in 17 years. Mishler is the state senator responsible for that chamber's ...

Gov. Mike Braun and top legislative leaders announced Wednesday they plan to triple the state’s cigarette tax to nearly $3 per pack and increase taxes on other tobacco products, raising about $ ...