Discount cigarette makers sue to overturn part of tobacco tax ballot initiative

DENVER — Three makers of discount cigarettes are suing to overturn a minimum-price clause in Proposition EE that was passed by Colorado voters in November.

The manufacturers argue that the clause making it illegal to sell a pack of cigarettes for less than $7 is an unfair advantage to larger cigarette makers that heavily lobbied the ballot proposition’s language, the Colorado Sun reports.

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