NH on verge of hiking cig tax 25 cents

By Associated Press Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - Added 11m ago CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire is on the verge of raising its cigarette tax 25 cents a pack. Last spring, grocers pleaded with lawmakers not to raise the tax to help deal with a budget gap. They said they could bring in the same revenues if given a chance to market the state’s lower cigarette prices to neighboring states. Sympathetic lawmakers put... [read full story]