Measure would bump tax for cigarettes

A North Dakota lawmaker and former smoker wants to increase the state’s cigarette tax from 44 cents a pack to $1 as a deterrent. Tax analysts estimate the measure could swell North Dakota’s treasury by about $30 million annually, but Rep. Eliot Glassheim told the House Finance and Taxation Committee on Tuesday that’s not his aim.

By: By James MacPherson, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun