Philadelphia to Tax Tobacco for School Funds Under New Measure
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said he would sign a bill passed by the state legislature that allows Philadelphia to tax smokers and use the funds for city schools.
The state assembly today passed the measure authorizing Philadelphia to implement a levy of $2 per cigarette pack to help fill an $81 million budget gap for the school district, the nation’s eighth-biggest.