LITTLE RIVER – South Carolina raised its cigarette tax Thursday after the state senate overrode the governor’s Tuesday veto of a 50-cents-per-pack cigarette tax increase. Supporters of the tax said it will actually save or even create 2000 jobs because of the $120 million that will be spent on Medicaid. The state currently has the lowest tax in the nation at just 7-cents a pack. With the new hike going into effect July 1 some cigarette ... Jump to full article >>