State Rep. Karen Carter Peterson has scheduled a news conference today at the Capitol to announce her plans to file a bill to raise the state’s tobacco tax. Peterson, D-New Orleans, will be joined with officials from the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Louisiana and Coletta C. Barrett, vice president of Mission for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Currently, Louisiana’s tax of 36 cents per pack of cigarettes ranks as one of the lowest tobacco taxes in the country.
Peterson to call for higher tobacco taxes
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