navytimes.com – 10 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

On-base tobacco prices to rise

Tobacco products on base are about to get more expensive.

Language in both the sweeping budget resolution and annual defense authorization bill pending before lawmakers this week would drop the 5 percent discount offered to customers on tobacco products at military exchanges.

Lawmakers had targeted the cheaper cigarettes and chew earlier this year, saying the discounted products undermine larger military efforts to discourage smoking among troops because of the long-term health concerns.

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