Ky. lawmakers learn about Indiana’s cig tax hike
FRANKFORT . The number of Hoosiers who smoke dropped by 20 percent after Indiana increased the tax on cigarettes to nearly a dollar last year, Indiana’s top health official told a Kentucky legislative committee Wednesday. Dr. Judy Monroe, health commissioner for the Indiana State Department of Health , said the state upped its cigarette tax 44 cents to 99 cents a pack on July 1, 2007.
