$2 cigarette tax added into state budget

INDIANAPOLIS — Tobacco products are set to be more heavily taxed in Indiana as lawmakers scramble to reel in a projected $2.4 billion shortfall in the state's budget.
With state spending set to exceed incoming revenue by billions of dollars, Republican lawmakers have reconsidered a solution previously pushed by Democrats: a long-overdue increase to Indiana's cigarette tax.
On Wednesday, Gov. Mike Braun and several Republican legislative leaders introduced the finalized version of the state