Vermont Public Radio reports that starting on July 1, 2008, the state cigarette tax will increase from $1.79 per pack [to] $1.99 per pack," making Vermont the 11th highest tobacco tax state in the nation. "Over the last two decades Vermont has steadily increased its cigarette tax. And in that time period the number of smokers has dropped from 25 to 18 percent of the population."

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