NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Wednesday, August 07, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Wednesday, August 07, 2002

	Hezbollah ran a multimillion dollar cigarette smuggling operation in North Carolina because high cigarette taxes made it lucrative....
NCPA

	Some state constitutions bar aid to religious schools but may run afoul of the federal constitution, say observers....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Crime rose after England banned guns, while U.S. crime rates fell after expanded concealed carry laws for gun owners....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Two million Iranians log onto Yahoo daily, and other authoritarian regimes are also unable to stem Internet connections....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Cigarette tax hike would cost 3,000 jobs in Pennsylvania
COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

	Greenhouse gas reductions would cost the U.S. four times as much as the European Union in lost income, say economists....
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