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Reynolds Workers Walk To Stop NC Cig Tax Increase

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds of workers from North Carolina cigarette factories owned by Reynolds American Inc. plan to protest the possibility of higher cigarette taxes.

The Winston-Salem-based company is paying to send busloads of employees to the General Assembly in Raleigh on Tuesday. Spokeswoman Maura Payne said the second-largest U.S. tobacco company is paying its employees as if they were at work.

The company is trying to prevent lawmakers from raising the state's excise tax on cigarettes to help close a spending gap of more than $4 billion. ...

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