Liberty Democratic Senator Ed Quick's bill is on its way to the Senate floor. It requires tobacco companies, not part of last fall's tobacco settlement, to pay about one penny for every cigarette they sell in Missouri. The money would go into an escrow fund for the next 25 years.
A Senate committee approved an emergency clause that would allow Quick's bill to go into effect by the settlement deadline in late June. Under current law, any bill passed by the legislature would not take effect until late August.Princess Reyes in Jefferson City.
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