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...potential problem for states under Reagan's new proposal is that inflation will force up the costs of programs. But it will not necessarily increase the revenue from the recommended funding, since excise taxes on gasoline, liquor and tobacco are fixed amounts per unit, and not percentages of sales prices...
...match, now in its fifth day, has unfolded on an elegant board in the display window of Leavitt and Peirce, a Mass. Ave. tobacco store, without the physical presence of either combatant. Leavitt and Peirce sponsored the event as a publicity stunt and receives a daily move by telephone from Yale freshman Michael J. Wilder and Harvard graduate student Duane Champagne...
Although the law has some possible loopholes which might allow retailers to continue to market smoking supplies--calling pipes obviously designed for manrijuana smoking tobacco pipes." for example most smoking supplies in the area are sold in shops that deal only in such items and operators of at least two shops in the Boston area say they are not very optimistic the future of their business...
...loopholes the Boston sales clerk may have meant is visible in the Liberty Tree store an inconspicuous little shop on Mass Ave in Central Square, with no sign announcing the store's name On one shelf, a rack of pipes is designated "tobacco pipes." The owner of Liberty Tree says he hasn't yet through about whether he will close his two stores, but adds with more than a touch of sarcasm that his decision will depend on "whether I want to go to jail...
...also agrees to some so-called revenue enhancements, and he has indicated that he might. In a year-end interview with reporters that was released last week, Reagan repeated his general opposition to tax boosts, but hinted that he could make an exception for higher excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco and gasoline...