What others think: Tax hike could help smokers in Minnesota quit smoking

Hold on to your wallets, smokers. On the heels of President Obama’s expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, by taxing cigarettes an additional 62 cents a pack, the Minnesota Legislature is looking to add another dollar per pack to the cost of lighting up.

By: Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune, The Jamestown Sun