Articles in Category: 'Florida tobacco settlement'

Dosal: Big Tobacco Blowing Smoke Over Tax

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: February 10, 2011 3:55 AM

The Legislature's perennial attempt to slap a tax on Florida's only tobacco company faces some tricky legal hurdles.

TAGS: Altria, Bob Butterworth, cigarettes, Courts, David Sutton, Dosal Tobacco, Florida tobacco settlement, Gray Robinson, Mike Haridopolos, Mike Huey, News, Philip Morris, Government

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