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The Cook County Board approved a 2006 budget Thursday that doubles the cigarette tax to $2 per pack from $1. RedEye asked Chicagoans whether they agree with the tax, which goes into effect March 1.
“When I started smoking, cigarettes were like $2.50 a pack, now I’m paying anywhere between $5 and $7 a pack. It’s ridiculous.”
Michael Garbin
[ 22, Kankakee ]“It just seems that smokers don’t have any rights at all. … I can understand some tax, but $1 [more]? … It’s just not fair.”
Max Morris
[ 21, Chicago ]“I think the smoking tax might be fair depending on what the money would go toward.”
Kioko Dawson
[ 30, Chicago ]
