Higher cig taxes could promote smuggling
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080410/capt.d6ffdeab3f2a416d83761fb134463d9d.black_market_cigarettes_nyr203.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=n8F_0gQnV6iGM_wsH9xeaA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Signs with cigarette prices can be seen outside of Red Dot & Feather Smokes where discount cigarettes are sold in Mastic, N.Y., Friday, April 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_us/black_market_cigarettes)AP - The big cigarette tax increases that many states are instituting to balance their out-of-whack budgets are raising fears that the trend will make black-market smokes more profitable and lead to more cigarette smuggling.</p><br clear="all"/>
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