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FILE - This Aug. 28, 2017 file photo shows cigarettes displayed on a store shelf in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Nearly 90% of adult smokers started before age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Tobacco-Free Youth Act is now part of the 2019 year-end funding bill.
The tax went from 99 cents per pack to nearly $3, a move designed to discourage smoking and raise state revenue.
