The Eastern New Mexico News - Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

Area residents find ways around cigarette tax

 


Teenagers were the target when New Mexico lawmakers decided to add a 70-cent-a-pack tax on cigarettes. The extra cost, they reasoned, would help prevent cash-poor kids from taking up the habit.

When the tax went into effect on July 1, adult smoke...



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