The voter-approved hike of $2 per pack raises the state tax to $3.33 a pack, making smoking a far costlier proposition for the 480,000 Oregon adults who smoke.
One measure that would raise tobacco taxes and tax vaping products for the first time has big money behind it; voters will also consider drug offenses and magic mushrooms.
Oregon's House of Representatives passed a bill to restore double health insurance for public employees in June 2019.
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Oregon's House of Representatives passed a bill to restore double health insurance for public employees in June 2019.
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Rep. Mitch Greenlick tells The Lund Report he would like the threat of county-by-county taxes to be used as leverage for a statewide cigarette tax increase, which would still assist county health departments.