Supporters of raising the state’s cigarette tax by a dollar per pack rallied on the steps of the state Capitol Thursday as part of national Kick Butts Day.
Rally organizer Dan Curran says he’s pushing for the tax increase because his father started smoking when he was in high school. Curran’s father quit when he was in his thirties but was later diagnosed with Leukemia.
“The doctors said if he had not smoked when he was younger his lungs would have been stronger and he would have been able to fight the disease that eventually killed him.”
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