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Small Cigars Could Get Cigarette Treatment by States

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“The surging popularity of small cigars, available in fruit and candy flavors, is prompting state and local governments to try to regulate and tax them like cigarettes.” (USA Today ^[1], Monday)

If it moves, tax and regulate it.

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“Just a Cigar” ^[2] by Jacob Sullum

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[1] USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-01-25-economy-recovery-recession_N.htm

[2] “Just a Cigar”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/just-a-cigar/

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