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Cigarette tax: Can the state afford fewer smokers?
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Carol Reins smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. The new tax, which will bring the cost of her cigarettes to $4 a pack, may be the best reason she has had to quit yet. (MPR Photo/Bianca Vazquez Toness)

Carol Reins smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. The new tax, which will bring the cost of her cigarettes to $4 a pack, may be the best reason she has had to quit yet.

(MPR Photo/Bianca Vazquez Toness)
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