Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
What an odd little bit of trivia.
State prisoners living longer than people outside | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — State prison inmates, particularly blacks, are living
longer on average than people on the outside, the government said
Sunday.
Inmates in state prisons are dying at an average yearly rate of 250
per 100,000, according to the latest figures reported [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Smokers roll with tax
Nydia Lopez
KENS 5 Eyewitness News Texas’ new cigarette tax doesn’t exactly have smokers rolling on the floor laughing, but it does have them rolling.
Two weeks into the new tax, retailers have made a curious observation, smokers are rolling their own cigarettes to save money.
Smokers, it seems, have discovered it’s cheaper to [...]
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Posted on December 26th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Politics
AUSTIN — Texas smokers will pay significantly more for cigarettes starting Jan. 1 when the state’s excise tax goes up by $1 a pack.
It’s a move that health experts hope will discourage folks — especially teens — from lighting up.
The tax increase from 41 cents to $1.41 [...]
Filed under: Carole Keeton Strayhorn, excise tax, smoking, texas, texas politics, tobacco | 1 Comment »
