The average for all states is $1.21 a pack. But House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, thinks this is the year the state will finally raise the tax.
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South Carolina hasn't raised its cigarette tax since 1977, making its tax of 7 cents a pack the lowest in the nation.
Republican Sen. Greg Ryberg of Aiken said he would be willing to rewrite his bill as a way to reward healthy residents rather than punish overweight workers.
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