Democrats Push For Even Higher Tobacco Tax« Thread Started on Jun 7, 2007, 5:16pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats Push For Even Higher Tobacco Tax June 07, 2007read at source> http://www.tnpoliticsblog.com/2007/06/d ... pDemocrats Push For Even Higher Tobacco Tax -- Just three days after the General Assembly passed a historic increase in the state's tax on cigarette, House Democratic leaders say they want to up the tax again another 3 cents to pay for college scholarships to returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Rep. David Shepard, a Democrat, has a different bill that would increase the tax by another 8c. That bill would fund a state sales tax deduction on food.