Weekend Poll for January 15-17, 2010
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Yesterday you told us a gaggle of readers will be loyal troops in the Sarah Palin army, but not enough to top the 50 percent mark. Of the 71 who took the poll, 44 percent or 31 will "listen and believe Palin" when she appears on Fox News as a contributor. Some 56 percent or 40 taking the poll will "ignore Palin's comments."
For a glance at the poll from yesterday, www.dailyregister.com/news/x1689203202/Daily-poll-for-January-14-2010
For today and the weekend: The American Lung Association has given the federal government a "D" rating for the $1.01 tax on a pack of cigarettes. To get a rating of "A" from the group, the tax would need to be $2.68 a pack.
The announcement from the American Lung Association may be read at www.lungusa.org/press-room/press-releases/report-card-most-states-flunk.html and the report may be explored at www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org/
Our weekend question - polls close at midnight Sunday - should tobacco taxes be increased? We invite your ballot and comments.
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Do you favor increases in taxes on tobacco products?<span style="font-size:9px;">(surveys)</span>
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