For example, Missouri has the lowest
cigarette excise tax in the country and weak statewide
clean indoor air laws, and we have 50 percent more smokers
than New York, which has the highest
cigarette tax and strong
clean indoor air laws.»
The
cigarette was a man's thing, at first — even though it was thin, white, delicate, and
cleaner - smoking
than brown - leaf cigars and squat puffy pipes.