– THIS WEEK, the PA House of Representatives will once again take up the issue of the $2-per-pack cigarette tax in Philadelphia. If passed, this tax would raise tens of millions of dollars annually for Philadelphia’s public schools.

Unfortunately, the version passed by the PA Senate calls for the tax to “sunset” after five years.

Write to your State Representatives TODAY and tell them that our schools are in dire need of these funds. Tell them to pass cigarette tax legislation that is permanent and free of additional amendments, technicalities and conditions! If our schoolchildren are to receive the programs and services they deserve, we need Harrisburg to pass a clean cigarette tax bill!
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