An Op-Ed in the Belleville News Democrat co-written by Fiscal Policy Director Mike LaFaive shows that cigarette smuggling in Illinois will increase if a proposed hike in tobacco taxes there is approved.
The information is based on this research by LaFaive and other Mackinac Center analysts.
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