Clear the Air

A legislative committee which has focused on health care redesign over the past year passed out seven recommended pieces of legislation today, one of which calls for an increase in the tobacco excise tax.

Select Committee D of the West Virginia Legislature acted on proposing legislation calling for an increase from 55 cents per pack to $1.20 per pack excise tax on cigarettes and a raise in the tax on all other tobacco products from the current level of 7 percent of the wholesale price to 14 percent.

This legislation will now move to be introduced in the Regular Session of the Legislature which begins Wednesday.

Tags: 2009 Session, Roadmap to Health, tobacco tax, West Virginia Legislature