This month and the last brought arrests and prison sentences for smuggling cigarettes and other contraband into correctional facilities in Kansas and Maryland, respectively. Lawmakers considering ...

Michael LaFaive and Todd Nesbit miss the point when they argue against raising the state’s cigarette tax [Hiking cigarette tax won’t help Hoosiers or state treasury, Jan. 4]. They argue that ...

The U.S. system of governance has created 50 “laboratories of democracy,” a phrase made popular by former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. Each state has latitude in how its people are governed, ...

Why is it such a shock to the tax and spend crowd that people will actually change their behavior to avoid paying taxes? By its nature, taxation is a coercive act by government that demands strict ...

Raising any taxes in these tough economic times, even on cigarettes, is economically dangerous, but Gov. Beshear has already shown he views a cigarette tax hike as a “silver bullet” for the state’s ...

States are losing millions in taxes as more people buy cigarettes from Internet vendors who routinely ignore a federal law requiring them to report sales to local regulators, according to a new report ...