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JACKSON - Health advocates are holding public meetings around the state this week to seek support for an increase in Mississippi's cigarette tax.

A half-dozen legislative negotiators will meet again next Tuesday afternoon at the state Capitol. They met this week and couldn't agree on a plan.

Mississippi's cigarette excise tax of 18 cents a pack is the third-lowest in the nation.

The latest House proposal is to set it at 75 cents a pack. The latest Senate plan is 64 cents.

Legislators want to agree on a cigarette tax before they finish a state spending plan for the year that begins July 1. The full House and Senate likely will return to the Capitol in early May to complete the budget.

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The bill is House Bill 364.

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UPDATE: Negotiators agree on cigarette tax increase | 3 years ago by The Associated Press Associated Press Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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UPDATE: State cigarette tax negotiations restart next week | 3 years ago by Emily Wagster Pettus/The Associated Press Associated Press Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

UPDATE:Cigarette tax talks revived in Miss. Legislature | 3 years ago by The Associated Press Associated Press Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

UPDATE: Deal set on Miss. ed funding, Medicaid unresolved | 2 years ago by Emily Wagster Pettus/The Associated Press Associated Press Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

UPDATE: Negotiators agree on cigarette tax increase | 3 years ago

UPDATE: Still no deal on state cigarette tax increase | 3 years ago

UPDATE: State cigarette tax negotiations restart next week | 3 years ago

UPDATE:Cigarette tax talks revived in Miss. Legislature | 3 years ago

UPDATE: Deal set on Miss. ed funding, Medicaid unresolved | 2 years ago