Tobacco taxation back on the table

[NewsWhore]

Although President George Bush vetoed a bill aimed at taxing tobacco importation and promised to veto any similar bills in future, politicians in the US have not given up on taxing tobacco as a way of funding a child healthcare program. Listin Diario reports that politicians now intend to propose a one-dollar tax on imported cigars instead of the original plan for US$10. George Bush said he would keep his promise to Leonel Fernandez and veto the bill. Senator Charles Rengel, quoted in Listin Diario, explained that he proposed the US$1 tax because there was a greater chance of the bill being signed that way. He added that many tobacco-producing nations, not just the DR, would be affected by the tax.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)