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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.