Cigarette Tax

Updated at 1 a.m. Nov. 9 with final results - The attempts to raise cigarette and tobacco taxes for roads or early childhood education went down to…

On Tuesday, Nov. 1, St. Louis on the Air hosted a moderated conversation in the Community Room at St. Louis Public Radio about Amendments 3, 4 and 6 as…

After leading the fight to get the proposed tobacco tax increase known as Proposition A on the ballot, Ron Leone is forsaking that proposal so he can…

Updated July 26 with new lawsuit filings – Opponents of a ballot initiative to raise Missouri's cigarette tax have filed two new lawsuits designed to stop…

The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected a request that it weigh in on a lawsuit against a proposed tobacco tax increase.The court's decision could kill…

A Missouri appeals court will hear arguments Thursday in a case that could result in a proposed cigarette tax increases being kicked off the November…

Updated with MNEA decision - One of two ballot initiatives that would increase Missouri’s cigarette tax may be in trouble. A Cole County judge has said…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 23, 2017 - Occasionally, one stumbles across an unexpected harmonic convergence. The experience…

Despite being rejected by voters last month, there’s a new proposal to raise Missouri’s cigarette tax.It’s part of a bill prefiled in the Missouri Senate…

Missouri voters have narrowly defeated an effort to raise the state’s tobacco tax.If Proposition B had passed, the tax on a pack of cigarettes would have…