Sentence examples for hefty cigarette from inspiring English sources

While Mr. Pataki and Mr. Rowland, whose party portrays itself as the champion of lower taxes, are advocating hefty cigarette tax increases, Gov. James E. McGreevey of New Jersey, a Democrat whose party is often seen as partial to tax increases, said Thursday that he was determined not to raise any taxes, including the 80-cent cigarette tax.

City officials are moving against smokers who avoid hefty local cigarette taxes by buying tobacco on the Internet.

Perhaps it's high time for all this attention, because there is evidence that New York's hefty new cigarette tax may be producing a city of even more gum chewers -- and potential gum litterers.

Mr. Piazza, the ice cream wholesaler, said he saw Mr. Bloomberg's hefty tax increase on cigarettes devastate small businesses, forcing owners to work longer hours to make up for lost profits.

This is perhaps because the state's ban on smoking in enclosed public places and hefty taxes on packs of cigarettes have deterred many from lighting up, increasing life expectancies.

To address a general budget shortfall of four hundred million dollars, a record-length legislative session dragged into June; that funding impasse was resolved with a bill that raises sales and cigarette taxes (by a hefty fifty cents per pack) while mostly preserving the business income-tax exclusion that has devastated state revenues.

Altria Group will likely raise its dividend less than usual later this week, weighed down by a tough U.S. cigarette market and a hefty litigation bond, analysts said.

Instead, they are turning to various Indian nations, which take advantage of their status as sovereign nations to buy and sell cigarettes without having to pay or charge hefty state or city taxes.

It does seem that way, to judge from the rising tide of campaigns against the stuff, with the likes of Jamie Oliver calling for a hefty tax on sugary drinks, while health reformers want cigarette-style labels to warn us against the obesity, rotting teeth and diabetes that may follow if we down too many cans of Coke.

Meanwhile, cigarette sales dropped 14percentt in the face of hefty state tax increases.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, which just agreed to buy rival British American Tobacco's U.S. operations, Tuesday reported a hefty quarterly loss as the maker of Camel and other cigarettes took charges and cut jobs in its bid to trim costs.