CORRECTION:
WPLN reported a bill to tax roll-your-own tobacco machines had passed the legislature and was headed to the governor. We spoke too soon. The state House and Senate needed one more day to agree when the measure would take effect. The two sides decided the tax will start in October of next year, pending the governor’s signature.
PREVIOUSLY:
Stores where customers can buy raw tobacco and roll their own cigarettes will begin paying higher taxes under legislation that has now passed the full General Assembly.
The roll-your-own approach has been under scrutiny as a way to dodge the taxes levied on a conventional pack of smokes.
Stores that specialize in the do-it-yourself approach say the new taxes could put them out of business. They go into effect October 1st of next year.
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