Cost Of Cigarettes To Jump In WI

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Tobacco Prices are about to jump again in Wisconsin.

Aug. 31, 2009, 7:24 PM EDT / Source: KBJR-TV

By By KBJR News 1

Tobacco Prices are about to jump again in Wisconsin.

Starting tomorrow cigarette prices will increase another seventy-five cents per pack in Wisconsin.

This latest jump vaults Wisconsin to the Fifth highest cig tax in the nation.

Other tobacco products will also see a price increase.

The highest? Moist snuff tobacco will be taxed at 100% of the manufactures retail price.

By KBJR News 1