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So, basically, theyll make the same, but the only people who are going to pay more is the people who are smoking. Oregon estimates making more than $150 million a year from the taxes

Everett Koop, who "really got us where we are today," says Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society

We live and breathe premium cigars from the second we get to work in the morning until were walking out the door at night with as many cigars as we can stuff into our jackets to smoke for our homework into the wee hours

Once seen as an emblem of refinement and sophistication, cigarettes have now come to be recognized as a major health hazard that causes hundreds of thousands of deaths annually from conditions related to smoking such as liver cancer, cardiovascular disease, and breathing issues