“We’ve known for a long time that smoking kills. We do think, though, that it’s important to get an accurate estimate of just how many people are killed.” Eric Jacobs, epidemiologist, American Cancer Society   So scientists from the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute and several universities tracked nearly a million people for a decade to find

Governor Brownback revealed a budget plan today (Friday) that includes an increase of more than $100 million in state taxes on liquor, cigarettes and tobacco product sales. He will seek to increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes from the current 79 cents to $2.29. The tax on tobacco products would grow from 10 percent of an item’s wholesale price