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Recession Forces Tough Choices for Smokers

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 30, 2009 4:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – The recession—coupled with a historic increase in the federal tobacco tax—is hitting smokers pretty hard, MSNBC reports. “We had a light bill that needed to be paid, so we paid a third of it so we could have cigarette money,” said...   Read full story »

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