Cigarettes

Smoking isn't as popular as it used to be, but Wyoming is above average.

House Bill 58 would increase the state wholesale tax in cigarettes from the current three cents per cigarette for five and two-tenths cents. That would raise the state tax on a pack of cigarettes from the current 60 cents to $1.04.

In addition, the proposal would have subjected electronic cigarettes to state taxes.

Wyoming lawmakers proposed a bill to increase the price of cigarette packs by $1.00, the bill was rejected. Now Hawaii introduced a bill to ban cigarette sales in the state, could this be the next bill proposed in Wyoming?

The numbers show slightly more women than men are smoking, but far more men are using smokeless tobacco products.

The final vote was 38-22 against the bill.

The Wyoming Quit Tobacco Program is offering a new option to help smokers kick the habit. A free three-month Chantix prescription is being offered to Wyoming residents who enroll in the program by June 30. "We've offered financial support for Chantix for quite some time, but here for awhile we're going to offer that prescription cost for free," said Wyoming Department of Health Spokeswom