Source: Winston Salem Journal, March 21

CONCORD, N.H. --As North Carolina and some other states are considering tobacco tax increases to plug budget holes, a few are bucking the national trend and saying, "If you smoke 'em, we got 'em," looking at dropping the rate to boost cigarette sales. In New Hampshire, supporters argue that reducing the tax by a dime would help the state compete with Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts, while opponents say it still would lose millions of dollars even if higher sales resulted. Click Here for More.