The legislature has repeatedly failed to increase the cigarette tax. The political influence of the tobacco industry runs ...

In various state health-ranking reports, Indiana is consistently among the unhealthiest states on most any measure including ...

The latest revenue forecast spelled bad news for budget writers as they hammer out a deal this week. How about that surplus, though?

Supporters of the increase also point out that the cigarette tax hasn’t been touched in Indiana for nearly 20 years. State Rep. Gregory Porter (D-Indianapolis) called a cigarette tax increase ...

One in five Hoosiers, 11,000 annually, die as a result of smoking. Tobacco plays a large role in our miserable state of health. Dr. Richard Feldman is an Indianapolis family physician and was ...

Mike DeWine has proposed increasing the tax on a pack of cigarettes from $ ... I’ve had days where I see the damage of tobacco back to back to back. Just last week, my first patient of the ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday that he expects the GOP tax bill to pass Congress by early summer. “The hope is that the tax bill will be passed by the summer ...

Think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs has argued that this suggests there has been rapid growth in tobacco sales on the black market following increases in tobacco taxes. Retailers fear ...

That's the attitude of many Democrats in Congress as they try to cripple the private equity and venture capital industries with higher tax rates ... risk-takers on the economic playing field.